OXFAM ANNUAL REPORT

The UK wide annual report for a global charity needed a step-change approach to design and reporting. Infographics played a huge part in illustrating one of the most recognisable and respected charities in the world.
The report illustrates the global impact of this organisation.

NAHL Group Plc Annual Report

This is the fifth consecutive year Navig8 has been commissioned to design the NAHL Report and PowerPoint presentation. Each year we are presented with a theme and we are tasked with devising a title and design that communicates the organisation’s message to the stakeholders. This year’s theme was building on their foundations.

Allica Bank and Allica Financial Services
Annual Reports

We designed a digital first interactive annual report that embraced clarity and transparency. The approach reflects this relatively young organisation’s focus on no-nonsense business banking. The design was re-purposed for the financial services arms and an additional ‘three pillars’ report. It was designed as a ‘multi-channel’ document that was then  converted into a landscape printed report with very little additional work. The client used InCopy to update data and content throughout the project.

Autins Group ANNUAL REPORT

Autins launched a new 100% recyclable material this year with a focus on their sustainability goals. The design features some very impactful infographics. This year’s annual report went landscape in line with an online approach which was then translated to print.

ZOPA ANNUAL REPORT

A British financial services company approached us looking for our annual report design service for this year's annual report. We continued the theme of Feel Good Money whilst following ZOPA’s brand guidelines. The design features powerful infographics and a timeline that illustrates the organisation’s relatively short, but eventful growth.

JD Sports Fashion Plc ANNual Report

We designed, printed, and provided a fulfillment annual report design service. We produced a full range of accompanying stakeholder communications including proxy cards and AGM notices. The cover of the annual report (6pp gatefold) features an embossed 2020 and a gloss post UV varnish. At 276 pages, the content remains light and engaging with bold infographics, charts, and diagrams.

The report is only part of what we delivered to JD, we are tasked with its full distribution as well as all of the stakeholder compliance and engagement. This includes Proxy Forms, Notice of AGM and Notice of Availability.

NAHL Group Plc Annual Report

Overcoming COVID-19, and dealing with the internal and operational difficulties was a challenge. The use of photography and structured messaging tackled stakeholder concerns resulting in benchmark reporting. We produced and printed their annual report and a microsite summarising the key findings.

Education Sub Saharan Africa | Impact Report

ESSA is a charity that uses evidence to improve education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of the report is to communicate what the charity has achieved up to this point and what ambitions are set for the future.

The report utilises strong photography to capture the messages being communicated. Pull-out facts are used throughout to further emphasise ESSAs goals and achievements and infographics are used to illustrate their approach, impact and engagement.

NAHL Group Plc Annual Report

NAHL Group Plc provides legal services and critical care. Navig8 was asked to provide a ‘step change’ solution to the design and reporting for this year’s report. After consultation with the client, we provided infographic solution to communicate complex operational messages. The final design features die-cut covers and a double-gatefold, throw-out section. As part of our project delivery, we delivered photography, an online interactive micro-site, print, and stakeholder distribution.

EITI Annual Report

The EITI is the global standard to promote the open and accountable management of extractive resources. We interpreted their style guide and implemented a bold graphic scheme, using black and white photography contrasted with bright colours and bars to create a very stylised and clearly sectioned annual report. Information charts and iconography are prominent throughout the report. We produced the report in Russian, French and Spanish editions, all printed on a tactile uncoated stock.

Amalgamated Metal Corporation

From its origins as a founding member of the London Metal Exchange, AMC has grown into an international group which trades, distributes and manufactures metals, metal products and construction materials. Our first task was to help AMC define their mission/vision statement giving us a platform to communicate their values to their stakeholders.

 EITI ANNUAL Report

The EITI is a global standard to promote the open and accountable management of extractive resources. We helped to draw out the top level facts and figures to create a powerful cover and theme that ran throughout the report. Tables, charts, maps and diagrams and infographics bring the content to life. The new report design was a leap forward in visual language for the EITI.

London Luton Airport Community Engagement | Annual Report Design

London Luton Airport does much more than simply looking after travelling customers. Their care and conscience reaches far beyond the airport. LLA Community Engagement Strategy involves giving young people a brighter future, building charity partnerships, supporting the local community and engaging with schools. Working with their established set of iconography and imagery, we produced a report in a very short timescale.

TSL Education | Annual report design

TSL Education (who produce the Times Education Supplement among other things) commissioned Navig8 to produce their first fully designed annual report. We designed strong information graphics illustrating top-level facts and linked these to deeper content with more detailed analysis.  The majority of the design uses graphics rather than the well trodden path of endless photographic images, which would struggle to illustrate TSL's broad and impressive impact.

The Office Group | Annual report design

The Office Group (TOG) pioneered the concept of the shared workspace in Britain. TOG launched in 2003, when the global economy was beginning to be radically reshaped by new technology and new ideas. The report features very high quality photographs of TOG's innovative work spaces combined with a clean minimalist design and elegant financial reporting. The cover is a black cartridge stock, with white print, understated, but highly effective.
 

UCL Enterprise | annual report design

The concept behind our Annual Report for UCL Enterprise was to (attempt to) show the massive scale of their reach in the world of entrepreneurialism and business. UCL Enterprise didn't need buzzwords – they had the hard facts, real figures and first-person accounts to show the breadth of their admirable work in London and beyond. We took these and used them as a graphical device throughout the report. 
 

BRITISH COUNCIL | annual report design

Our fourth Annual Report for the British Council was probably the most challenging in terms of design and print management. The format completely changed in the fourth year and now all of the programme work from their 110 countries was woven together under their main objectives for that year.  To help the reader navigate their way through this new layout, we used a tabbed 'sign-post' system of associated content and engaged them further through clever die cut windows and half-cut pages. 

british council | ANNUAL REPORT design

This year's report design moved away from previous years by devising a 'reporting map' and associated charts and diagrams to focus on the results in the regions the British Council operates. The report features a bold colour palette and in contrast pull page, black and white photography. Each section uses a mix of bar and pie charts in a fixed framework. This provided the readership a clear and structured format to help communicate the Council's broad remit.
 

National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) Report

5o Ways to Strengthen Languages Leadership Report, design using the circles motif from the NCLE identity.

JD Sports Fashion Plc ANNual Report

JD Sports Fashion Plc is a global organisation that owns a wide range of brands. The group report weighs in at over 210 pages. This document is an example of benchmark, in-depth reporting to a wide range of stakeholders.

Navig8 is solely tasked with the delivery of this report, including working with JD’s compliance partners. In terms of design, this is a standout piece of communication. The sheer number of stores, products and activities created a challenge when making the document framework.

For an overview of the process that we take to deliver an annual report, have a look at this article. Have a look at our annual reports blog section.

The Co-Operative Bank ANNUAL REPORT

We designed the cover and inside elements using their brand templates and then expanded on these to deliver a highly engaging report. This included custom icons and developing a hierarchical approach to presenting the financial data using very strong infographics.

Capital Limited ANNUAL REPORT

Capital is a global mining, drilling and chemical company. As part of of our annual report design service, the annual report’s design was a big step forward in terms of design values and presenting data more engagingly. It was accompanied with a new corporate PowerPoint deck.

Chevening impact REPORT

Chevening is the UK government’s international scholarships and fellowships programme. The content for this report combined demonstrable results with real-world case studies demonstrating the impact this programme has had over the last 40 years. The design communicated the gravitas of the organisation and the diversity of the participants to form a highly engaging document.

NAHL Group Plc Annual Report

NAHL’s brief was to communicate visually the journey the organisation has taken and continues to take to achieve its aims. We developed a set of custom icons and wove the ‘journey path’ throughout the annual report. A PowerPoint and online interactive website accompanied the stakeholder comms.

David MacBrayne ANNUAL REPORT

Whilst delivering statutory reporting we took the report to another level, drawing down the human elements of the business into a report. We interviewed and wrote the case studies to tell the stories of this unique company and its real-life impact on the Scottish communities. We worked together to deliver a bench mark report to stakeholders and customers.

NAHL Group Plc Annual Report

With the arrival of COVID-19, working practices at NAHL naturally changed, but also; this also resulted in a change in performance and messaging. To illustrate this change – working from home, Zoom calls and everything that came with lockdown – we implemented an innovative, illustrative style where the people element could still be communicated despite photographs not being a viable option.
We worked very closely with the finance team to deliver crystal-clear accounts and compliance to the highest level.

The Economist White paper

The Economist is an international weekly newspaper printed in magazine-format and published digitally that focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, and technology. The report uses very strong graphics with bold treatments, charts and infographics.

Navig8 was tasked with devising a flexible, adaptable scheme that could be repurposed quickly and easily and be applied to future white papers and the myriad of subject matters.

CITY & GUILDS ANNUAL REPORT

Founded in 1878, City & Guilds helps people, organisations and economies develop their skills for growth. This engaging and bright annual report implements their branding style guide to bring the report to life. The cover is matt laminated and the shapes are highlighted in a spot UV varnish – they ‘shine off the page’. Working with the client, it was delivered in three sets of amends in a highly efficient manner following our annual report delivery process.

​​The General Dental Council ANNUal report

The General Dental Council (GDC) is the UK-wide statutory regulator of just over 100,000 members of the dental team, including approximately 40,000 dentists and 60,000 dental care professionals. We were unable to use any photographic images, so employed a strong but elegant graphic scheme with a set of charts and diagrams that complemented the scheme. The result is a document with gravitas befitting the UK’s ‘governing body’ for dental practitioners.

NCT

NCT supports parents by giving them accurate, impartial information so they can decide what’s best for their family. The report uses very strong imagery, treated with bold treatments and infographics. It presents challenging and engaging annual report without losing focus on clear reporting. With a small budget, we produced an annual report that ‘bats above its weight’.

British Council | Connecting Classrooms

Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme delivered by the British Council in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID).  Navig8 was commissioned to design an Impact Report which communicates the reach and effectiveness that the programme has across the globe using powerful infographics and strong photography, designed within the connecting classrooms style-guide.

MIND HACKNEY | ANNUAL REPORT DESIGN

Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest is driven by the needs and experiences of people with mental distress. They provide an innovative range of evidence-based services for people with experience of mental health, promoting wellbeing, resilience and recovery. Navig8 worked with the client to identify key facts and figures to illustrate this local branch’s impact on the community. The report features photography of staff and the people who have benefited from their work. We worked hard to use images of ‘real’ people in real situations.

Fund | IMPACT AND Annual report design

The impact report illustrates the company's role to promote the development of African capital markets, supporting non-sovereign entities to issue local currency bonds in developmental sectors such as financial inclusion, housing, renewable energy and agriculture. This was the first time the organisation (who did not want to be named) had produced an annual report. Navig8 guided the client through the process of delivering an annual report and whilst working with a very short deadline. We provided a ‘safe pair of hands’ and a collaborative approach.

HMIC | Annual Report Design

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) independently assesses police forces and policing across activity from neighbourhood teams to serious crime and the fight against terrorism – in the public interest. There was a vast amount of data to be visualised in a clear and engaging manner. Navig8 worked with the client to meet a fixed and tight deadline (pulling a few late nighters) to deliver the annual report and place before parliament.

UCL ENTERPRISE | annual report design

UCL Enterprise brings together business and entrepreneurial departments. Navig8 was commissioned to devise a reporting framework to communicate the departments and their diverse achievements. The report highlights key successes and not only acts as a reporting tool , but also as a way of communicating how these different departments interact and how they provide benefits to UCL, students and critically, businesses.
 

Save the Children | annual report design

A graphic thread flowed through this report highlighting the reach and scale of the work that the charity, Save the Children, does. The thread seamlessly wove through the shoes of a dead one-year old child in India before moving on to wrap through the iron bars of a teenager in an African orphanage in the next section. It reminded the reader throughout the report that the charity work that Save the Children does, never ends. 
 

BRITISH COUNCIL | Annual report design

Annual report design is highly progressive. We commissioned an upcoming artist who has shown in our own gallery (Nancy Victor) to illustrate each region and the organisation impact. We developed a uniquely hand-drawn typeface that was digitised and used throughout the report. The artwork used real events and photographic imagery to illustrate the huge scope of this truly global organisation. The end result was progressive, engaging and like nothing the British Council had produced before.