Please complete in typescript, or in bold black capitals.

Company Number

Year Ending  

(The date format is required in full and should match the date of the accounts e.g. 31st March 2020)

Please ensure the company name is consistent with the company name entered on the accounts.

This template illustrates what the Regulator of Community Interest Companies considers to be best practice for completing a simplified community interest company report.  All such reports must be delivered in accordance with section 34 of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 and contain the information required by Part 7 of the Community Interest Company Regulations 2005.  

(N.B. A Filing Fee of £15 is payable on this document. Please enclose a cheque or postal order payable to Companies House)

PART 1 - GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY’S ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT

In the space provided below, please insert a general account of the company’s activities in the financial year to which the report relates, including a description of how they have benefited the community.  

During 2025, Design Otherwise delivered a range of activities that benefited the wider creative and screen sector through research, policy development, digital innovation and knowledge sharing. Key achievements included launching the Design Otherwise website, publishing the Make Freelancing Pay report, developing inclusion resources for the University of Glasgow, launching the Deeds Not Words policy recommendations, securing BFI commissions to deliver the Evolving Equality and Good Work programmes, launching the WorkTakes platform, and delivering presentations and public events to share learning and promote good practice across the industry.

(If applicable, please just state “A social audit report covering these points is attached”).

PART 2 – CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS – A “stakeholder” is any person or organisation affected by the company’s activities.  Please indicate who the company’s stakeholders are; how the stakeholders have been consulted and what action has the company taken in response to feedback from its consultations. If there has been no consultation you must state ‘There has been no stakeholder consultation held’.

Stakeholder engagement was central to all activities. Design Otherwise convened regular Deeds Not Words advisory group meetings and established the Good Work Industry Advisory Group, bringing together representatives from organisations including BAFTA, BFI, Bectu, Creative Diversity Network, ScreenSkills, Channel 4, Equity, Directors UK, CIISA, UK Screen Alliance and numerous independent industry professionals. The organisation also collaborated with universities, trade bodies, charities, freelancers and employers through research projects, policy launches, industry events and consultation activities, fostering sector-wide collaboration and ensuring that its work reflected a diverse range of perspectives and expertise.

(If applicable, please just state “A social audit report covering these points is attached”).

PART 3 – DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION – Please indicate below any remuneration the directors have received.  Alternatively if you have provided full details in your accounts then you do not need to disclose it here but you must explain in the space below where they are found within the accounts.  If no remuneration was received you must state that “no remuneration was received by the directors” below.

No remuneration was received by the directors.

PART 4 – TRANSFERS OF ASSETS OTHER THAN FOR FULL CONSIDERATION – Please insert full details of any transfers of assets other than for full consideration to an asset locked body or for the benefit of the community.  This must include the amount, or contain a fair estimate of the value, of such transfer.  If this does not apply you must state that “no transfer of assets other than for full consideration has been made” below.

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration has been made.

The original report must be signed by a director of the company

You do not have to give any contact information in the box opposite but if you do, it will help the Registrar of Companies to contact you if there is a query on the form.  The contact information that you give will be visible to searchers of the public record.

When you have completed the form, please attach it to the accounts and send both documents to the Registrar of Companies at: