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# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
12792421 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 28 November 2025

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 29 November 2024

## End date: 28 November 2025

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 November 2025

Directors report |
Profit and loss |
Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Balance sheet notes |
Community Interest Report |

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

Directors' report period ended 28 November 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 28 November 2025

Principal activities of the company

The company's principal activity during the period was generating creative production towards action for human rights, environment, equality and wellbeing.

Directors

The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
29 November 2024 to 28 November 2025

Kuljit Chuhan

The director shown below has held office during the period of
2 April 2025 to 28 November 2025

Tony Openshaw

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
24 August 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Kuljit Chuhan
Status: Director

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 28 November 2025

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 4,401 | 7,436
Cost of sales: | ( 3,563 ) | ( 6,550 )
Gross profit(or loss): | 838 | 886
Administrative expenses: | ( 838 ) | ( 886 )
Operating profit(or loss): | 0 | 0
Profit(or loss) before tax: | 0 | 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | 0 | 0

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Balance sheet

As at 28 November 2025

| Notes | 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 8,041 | 10,420
Total current assets: |  | 8,041 | 10,420
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 3 | ( 8,070 ) | ( 10,449 )
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | (29) | (29)
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | (29) | ( 29)
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | (29) | (29)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | (29) | ( 29)
Total members' funds: |  | ( 29) | (29)

The notes form part of these financial statements

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 28 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.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 24 August 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Kuljit Chuhan
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 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

  Turnover policy

  Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.

  Other accounting policies

  Debtors Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Creditors Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 November 2025

- ## 2. Employees

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

  Kuljit Chuhan, the primary director, receives no remuneration in return for services as an officer of the Company. He does receive remuneration for his involvement in project work delivery, management and administration. In the period under review, he received £3,480 as presented in the accounts. Tony Openshaw, the secondary director, receives no remuneration in return for services as an officer of the Company.

# CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 November 2025

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

| 2025 | 2024
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Trade creditors | 410 | 439
Taxation and social security |  | 29
Other creditors | 7,660 | 9,981
Total | 8,070 | 10,449

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC

### Company Number: 12792421 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 28 November 2025

Company activities and impact

CROSSING FOOTPRINTS CIC aims to generate creative production with both an educative and artistic emphasis that can encourage action by developing a better understanding of human rights, environment, equality and wellbeing. In our fifth year of operation, our focus has shifted towards reviewing strategy and undertaking development including some pro-bono work to enable better support and strengthen our foundation for future activities. The project work delivered in the year December 2024-November 2025 includes the following: PROJECT DELIVERY ACTIVITY: - This is Us (formerly Histories, Stories and Voices) with Manchester Histories: three community-based heritage projects with Wai Yin Society, Linford Sweeney’s Black History Group, and Wythenshawe History Group. - Pan-African Congress 80 Working Group (convened by the Scott Trust). - Amani Creatives ‘Fumbo Heritage Project’ – editor for the exhibition narrative - Migration Stories North West (completion and reporting) PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY: - Ghoorni climate play – impact producing - Pan-African Congress 1945 Digital Plaque Oversight (pro-bono) - Film development in response to Sanctuary and Viraj Mendis podcast series Sept 2025 - First Cut Media WISSC project - Louise Wong – end of life care in the Chinese Community ADDITIONAL WORK - Poem with Video by Shamshad Khan ongoing negotiation for it to be re-exhibited at Manchester Museum (pro-bono) Other worthwhile activity included maintaining Black heritage websites for First Cut Media, networking within arts and climate justice groups, organisational research and development and attending online training. PROJECT DELIVERY ACTIVITY: THIS IS US (formerly HISTORIES, STORIES AND VOICES) Manchester Histories were successful in their £250k bid to the Heritage Fund along with a £100k commitment from Manchester City Council for a major 3-year project aimed at locating, uncovering and archiving under-represented historical narratives. Crossing Footprints are a key partner in the project which will generate material in a presentable and accessible online form, develop resources and deliver educative activity for future generations. Once funding was confirmed, we then collaborated on the project development process including co-devising the branding and the final re-name of the project and website as “This is Us”. Crossing Footprints were then contracted for Kooj to develop strands of work with Chinese elders at the Wai Yin Society, with the Manchester Black History Group led by Linford Sweeney, and with Wythenshawe History Group. These progressed as follows: - A series of six engaging, enjoyable, informative and insightful workshops at the Wai Yin Society took place, and produced material for an audio documentary and a combination of text and image content for the accompanying web-page which will be published on the ‘This is Us’ website. - Local community historian Linford Sweeney was given advice and support towards a process to generate content relating to specific periods and events in Manchester’s Black History, for a project which was scheduled to take place in 2026. - Wythenshawe History Group also developed a six-week sessional format for their own project, again this would not begin until early 2026. The delay in the latter two projects was in part due to Manchester Histories needing to get new workers in place and properly inducted before commencing some of the work. More information about the project will gradually be added at https://www.crossingfootprints.com/this-is-us . PAN-AFRICAN CONGRESS 80 WORKING GROUP 2025 was the 80th Anniversary of the Pan-African Congress which took place in Manchester in 1945. The Scott Trust (which owns The Guardian news) has a Legacies of Enslavement team, which successfully applied to GMCA (Greater Manchester Comnbined Aiuthority) for £25k for a project described as follows: “A cross-sector working group will spend at least six sessions together between August 2025-March 2026 to create a long-term strategy for the city. It will take direct inspiration from the Manchester-hosted Pan-African Congress that took place in 1945. The PAC80 WG’s new strategy for restorative justice will confront constraints to show how restorative justice does not simply mean monetary repatriation but it is about using money to instigate change. With a clear boundary of time and money, the group will demonstrate how we can embed a culture of ethical innovation in our future investments with a rejuvenated sense of pride.” Kooj as a representative of Crossing Footprints was selected as a member of this working group, and collaborated with other members from a range of organisations and individual profiles with a track record of racial justice activism and support. The final outcome of the sessions, which involved considerable depth and critical discussion, will emerge in 2026. This was also an excellent opportunity for networking, appraisal and sharing. [Note: for reasons to do with the financial administration by the Scott Trust, the freelance fees for this work were paid directly to Kooj Chuhan). AMANI CREATIVES ‘FUMBO HERITAGE PROJECT’ This photography exhibition by Amani Creatives explores the rich naming traditions of African communities living in Greater Manchester and the North West of England. Kooj worked as a representative of Crossing Footprints as the narrative editor and advisor for the project, it was exhibited at Manchester Central Library during November 2025. Introductory information about the project is as follows: “Through portraits, personal stories and proverbs linked to names, we celebrate the profound cultural significance behind the names that shape our identities, honour our memories and keep our heritage alive. We salute the contribution of Congolese, Ivorian/Beninese, Kenyan, Malawian, South African/Eswatini, Ghanian, Moroccan, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Zimbabwean, Cameroonian and Eritrean communities to the arts and culture of the African Diaspora in the Northwest of England.” Further information about the project is available at https://www.crossingfootprints.com/fumbo-african-names-and-meanings MIGRATION STORIES NORTH WEST The project concluded in 2024 with a small display exhibition at Manchester Central Library https://www.crossingfootprints.com/migration-stories-exhibition/ focusing on the Manchester based stories researched by the Crossing Footprints volunteers and our partner school in Bury. There was also a special event titled Migration, Identity, History’ https://www.crossingfootprints.com/migration-identity-history/ at Manchester Central Library with speakers, discussion, Q&A and live music. During the 2025 year the remaining activity was to simply complete the final reporting which was then collated by Global Link along with the same from the four other North West regions into the overall report for the Heritage Fund. The final resource is excellent, and available to view at https://www.migrationstoriesnw.uk/stories/ . PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY: GHOORNI IMPACT PRODUCING The play ‘Ghoorni’ is the creation of AYNA Arts originally commissioned by Crossing Footprints in 2022. Crossing Footprints are again partnering with AYNA Arts as the Impact Producer for a new tour, implementing an innovative set of strategies to enhance the ability of the play to generate real-world change. During mid-2025, an application to Arts Council England by AYNA Arts on this basis was developed in collaboration with Crossing Footprints, with the intention to deliver the project and tour in 2026. PAN-AFRICAN CONGRESS 1945 DIGITAL PLAQUE OVERSIGHT GROUP (pro-bono) There is a plaque which commemorates the 1945 Pan-African Congress held there at what was once the Town Hall for Chorlton-on-Medlock, now a part of Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Crossing Footprints via Kooj Chuhan have become a project partner and a member of the Oversight Committee , whose immediate endeavour is to create an interactive, digital plaque in partnership with MMU that tells the story of the steps taken in Manchester that spearheaded the decolonisation of the African continent. Crossing Footprints has become instrumental in supporting the group to develop and refine the potential it has to engage and educate using creative methodologies. We have also provided support with communications and networking systems, and website design and development. This pro-bono work is principles-base support, but also with a view towards the development of funded work in 2026. (The ‘Oversight Group’ would later become the Pan-African Movement Network in 2026). DOCUMENTARY FILM DEVELOPMENT – VIRAJ MENDIS Towards the end of 2025, Crossing Footprints began early negotiations and established an intent to develop a documentary film about the work of Viraj Mendis, following the online broadcasting of a BBC podcast series about him titled “In Detail: Sanctuary – An Act Of Defiance” which aired in September 2025. FIRST CUT MEDIA WISSC PROJECT After stumbling blocks in 2024, renewed discussions took place for online website support and digital workshops by Crossing Footprints for a heritage application by First Cut Media, about the history of the West Indian Sports and Social Club in Moss Side (WISSC). The centre was initially set up as The Community House Social Centre by Nobel Prize Winning economist Arthur Lewis originally from St Lucia. Arthur was Professor of Political Economy at the University of Manchester 1948 - 1957. The outcome of this application would again not be known until 2026. PROJECT ON END-OF-LIFE CARE IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY Louise Wong, who worked with us in Migration Stories and also with the This is Us Wai Yin project, approached Crossing Footprints to collaborate on developing a Heritage Fund application and project. The focus is about aspects of culture and belief systems in relation to end of life care in the Chinese community, towards a CF Heritage Fund application. The intention would be to progress and hopefully submit this application in 2026. ADDITIONAL WORK POEM WITH VIDEO BY SHAMSHAD KHAN ACCEPTED FOR GCSE STUDY TO BE RE-EXHIBITED AT MANCHESTER MUSEUM. For various reason this work has been delayed, stopped, re-started and still not resolved. However, new staff and other pending structural changes at the Museum has given some hope for 2026. To recap as follows: The poem “pot” by Shamshad Khan was originally commissioned and filmed by Kooj Chuhan for the Manchester Museum in 2003, where it was exhibited for a number of years. Shamshad describes the poem as, “Dedicated to a Nigerian pot currently incarcerated in the Manchester Museum without charge or access to legal representation.” The poem has now been included on the GCSE English Literature syllabus, having been published in the AQA poetry anthology 2022/3. Kooj and Crossing Footprints worked with Shamshad to update the video of Shamshad performing the poem so that it can accompany and support its use in a GCSE educational setting. This was achieved with additional audio and editing support from Crossing Footprints member Ricardo Vilela of Sagitta Media. The video has been made available on the Crossing Footprints YouTube Channel and can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDZNnrWrP4 . We also began negotiations with the Manchester Museum to re-exhibit the pot, along with the text and the video of the poem.

Consultation with stakeholders

The company’s projects and served communities will vary according the current needs, priorities and available support, therefore our stakeholders may also vary year on year. In 2025 our stakeholders comprised our project partners especially Amani Creatives, Global Link in Lancaster, Manchester Histories, Sagitta Media, Shamshad Khan, First Cut Media, The Scott Trust, AYNA Arts, Wythenshawe History Group, Wai Yin Society, Linford Sweeney, Louise Wong, the related local communities and user base, physical and online audiences, local artists and community activists, and our funders. This is a complex set of relationships and all projects involve a regular and continual level of communication using meetings, emails and telephone at all stages of project delivery - from devising, designing and planning through project management and delivering the activities to documentation and final evaluation. Given the complex nature of such projects we tend to rely on the knowledge gained by staff, freelancers and other organisations embedded in and with long standing connections with local communities to advocate on behalf of those communities. In addition, project delivery generally begins with sessions involving elements of trial activity and generating evaluative feedback as a highly engaged way of consulting on the way forward for the rest of the project. Our work adheres to a high level of principles and ethics around community engagement as is shared by our long established and reputable partners.

Directors' remuneration

Kuljit Chuhan, the sole director receives no remuneration in return for services as an officer of the Company. He does receive remuneration for his involvement in project work delivery, management and administration. In the period under review, he received £3,480 as presented in the accounts. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
24 August 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Kuljit Chuhan
Status: Director