Ffma (Trading) Limited

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the operation of the Marlowe Innovation Centre, a business centre with offices and light industrial workspaces that offers accommodation and support to small and start-up innovative business tenants. The Marlowe Innovation Centre has a board room and a meeting room which are let for meetings, training events and conferences, and a hot-desk area for use on a daily basis. The Marlowe Innovation Centre also provides virtual tenancies where small businesses can have a dedicated phone number and address at the centre, with the optional add-ons such as messaging and call and post forwarding. Back office services can be provided, which include booking appointments for tenants' clients, franking and managing mail-outs and receiving payments. The Marlowe Innovation Centre was established to support the regeneration of East Kent by offering a supporting environment for small businesses and job creation. FFMA (Trading) Limited is a trading arm of the Friends of Folkestone Academy Limited, a registered charity and the parent Company. All surplus funds are donated to the charity to help it meet its objectives. As an integral part of its aims for regeneration, the Marlowe Innovation Centre has an educational mission. It welcomes young people from local schools on visits and for mentoring and work experience and has had a transformative influence on some young people's lives.