LIFE AHEAD CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
16153393 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 27 December 2024

End date: 31 December 2025

LIFE AHEAD CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2025

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

LIFE AHEAD CIC

Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2025

Notes 2025


£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets:   0
Tangible assets:   0
Investments:   0
Total fixed assets: 0
Current assets
Stocks:   0
Debtors:   0
Cash at bank and in hand: 602
Investments:   0
Total current assets: 602
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 554 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 48
Total assets less current liabilities: 48
Total net assets (liabilities): 48
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 48
Total members' funds: 48

The notes form part of these financial statements

LIFE AHEAD CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 December 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 13 September 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Olena Tertyshnyk
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

LIFE AHEAD CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 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

LIFE AHEAD CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025
    Average number of employees during the period 0

LIFE AHEAD CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 December 2025

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2025
£
Other creditors 554
Total 554

Other creditors comprise amounts owed to the director in respect of expenses paid personally on behalf of the company, repayable on demand.

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

LIFE AHEAD CIC

Company Number: 16153393 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 December 2025

Company activities and impact

Life Ahead CiC was incorporated on 27 December 2024. During the financial year (27 December 2024 to 31 December 2025), the company's activities have benefited the community in the following ways: - The company delivered counselling support services to 43 Ukrainian women over a 4-month period, under a partnership project ("WWW Ukraine Project – 2025") with Harmony in Health CIC, providing structured psychological support to women affected by the war in Ukraine. - The company ran a free online therapeutic reading and discussion series, "My Women", for 10 Ukrainian women who had experienced the war, reading and discussing extracts from the book "My women" by Yuliia Iliukha under the facilitation of a psychotherapist; the series culminated in a live discussion session with the author. - In total, 53 Ukrainian women affected by the war received free or partly-funded psychological and peer support through these two programmes. - The company was awarded a grant under the NHS South West London Women's Health Grants Programme (administered by Merton Connected), with service delivery scheduled for the following financial year. - The company established its professional and governance foundations during the period, including professional indemnity and public liability insurance and BACP membership for its lead practitioner, to ensure safe and accredited delivery of services.

Consultation with stakeholders

Life Ahead CiC's stakeholders include the Ukrainian women it supports through its programmes, partner organisations working with the Ukrainian community (including Harmony in Health CIC), Hammersmith & Fulham Council (in connection with the Ukrainian Women's counselling support project), and Merton Connected (in connection with the Women's Health Grants Programme). Stakeholders were consulted through: - Surveys conducted at several points during the counselling support and reading programmes to gather participant feedback. - Collection of participants' topics of interest and support needs at the registration stage, prior to each programme. - Regular exchange of information with partner organisations working with the Ukrainian community. - Monitoring of feedback shared via the company's social media channels. In response to this feedback, the company adapted session content and topics to better reflect the needs and priorities expressed by participants.

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
13 September 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Olena Tertyshnyk
Status: Director