August 2013 Blog Posts (3)

We have been shortlisted in Britain's biggest small business competition and with your help, could be awarded an investment of up to £275,000. 

If successful, this would be of immense help as we have ambitious expansion plans to help people living in cold homes and get out of fuel poverty. However, to expand, we need…

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We have a CIC which works with children and young people with emotional wellbeing/mental health issues.  I set up a CIC initially rather than a charity as wasn't able to work into it if it was a charity and I needed to at that time to develop it.  The difficulty we have is that we would like to do some fund raising to be able to offer the children that 'bit extra' which we are not able to use our current funding for - e.g. Christmas party, refreshments, days out/travel…

For most companies becoming tender ready is a challenge but for CIC's it is an extension of existing practices.

Here's a quick list of things to gather together:

1. Financial Information - be ready with previous years accounts, company structure and financial controls. This includes past accounts, cashflow forecasts, profit and loss reconciled to a monthly management statement.
2. Corporate Governance information - structure, compliance and…