IGLOO CIC (Community Interest Company) Est 2025 Powered with Generative & Agentic AI. (formerly 'Hexayurt Project' - 2005)
If you get Garden I.G.L.O.O. for your family.
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IGLOO FOAM SHEDS CIC was established in early 2025 to help households find grants for our highly insulated and super low cost Playhouses, Garden Offices, Garden Rooms and Granny Annexes; Please help us help you by filling out one of the AI assisted grant eligibility calculators. Showing your interest will help us win match funding from Big Issue Invest.
Then we build B.R.O.T.H.E.R igloo for your community.
All igloos are make from 97% insulation; as a result we are zero rated for VAT - instead we charge a 20% surcharge (Architects Donation) builds a BROTHER igloo for your local rough sleepers and survivors of domestic violence. This is known as a "one for one" model - and neglecting this obligation would result in us losing our community interest company status and any grants that require this status. For the sake of transparency; all igloos are without windows or wiring or flooring and all off site work is handled by the for-profit company Foam Sheds & Igloos Ltd. All prices shown reflect a wind, water and heat tight structure fully assembled with a standard door - shown left. Shown right is a BROTHER igloo in the garden of a benefactor sponsoring the community.
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GARDEN IGLOO - is a series of 12 insulation board only sheds and 6 igloo shaped versions - used as for work-from-home and care-from-home. See here to read more. SUPER SIP® is a low cost, lightweight and waterproof insulated building method used first in Nunavut Northern Province Canada. Garden Igloo is for Yorkshire, not for profit; better than a Garden Room.
Reserve a date for the Architects Donation.
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Architect and QS Tom P previously specialised in using early webscraping scripts to find empty property, and project managed the appeal of F grade EPCs and the appeal of EPNs fixing and legalising dangerously cold houses. Dedicated to the mission of reducing want by increasing space. He has secured disability and sustainability grants. Igloos are foam houses; a link between making wet rooms and modern roofing methods. SUPER SIP is a lean version of OSB SIP, and has more in common with food vans than buildings: IGLOO is eligible for funds that buildings are not; and avoids many taxes and regulations; you can have any shape or size you want - small, medium or large; but you must always buid with SUPERSIP.
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BROTHER IGLOO - is an series of 3 insulation board only emergency shelters. It is fast deployed, lightweight and weatherproof. We build it in your garden at no cost. In exchange for this we ask you to allowing rough sleepers and survivors to use it. Households with children or elders should not apply; and we will collect the igloo if dependent start to live with you. Or we think you are asking beneficiaries to leave early; or refusing the beneficiaires we connect you with too often.
Click here to read about "The Bloodless Revolution" which inspired the BROTHER trustee scheme.
PASSIVE
INFRA-RED HEATED
* IGLOO is not a building or a structure; unless you want it to be. IGLOO Is 168kg for a 3m x 3m x 3m cube at 200mm thickness. This allows it to be classed as "Plant" making it applicable as "Plant & Machinery" for tax purposes. See PAPA igloo and BABA igloo; futher this means prebuilt IGLOO are classed as "stock" as an "asset". This means we are probably the first Shed Building CIC; and have ambition on being the first design and build charity.
B.A.BA GARDEN IGLOO
with the option to apply for funding from foundations and charities for learning and development challenges.
100mm thick
20% surcharge builds one A3 STREET IGLOO
with the option to apply for tax relief for home workers and remote hirers.
200mm thick
20% surcharge builds one H6 STREET IGLOO
WATERPROOF &
OBSCENELY INSULATED
†If you want to apply for disability and sustainability grants; you must have an IGLOO which is permanent; meaning with foundation and is hard wired. We are still working on making IGLOO compliant with building regulations and necessary certificates; so we are unable to accept permeant Garden Annexes used for sleeping yet; only garden rooms and garden pods used for work and play; join us to help us move faster.
with the option to apply for insulation grants for sustainable garden room
300mm thick
20% surcharge builds one R6 BROTHER igloo
Available Now. Reserve now.
with the option to apply for disability and age related funding.
Any thickness
20% surcharge builds one permeant homeless shelter for disabled and elderly people.
Nana is a custom build and will be the first foam house built in the UK.
Available in 2028 due to building regulation challenges, reserve now.
B.R.O.T.H.E.R IGLOO
Sponsor your local homeless community; for reducing rough sleeping rates and the risk of domestic violence. We reserve the option to remove the igloo for users who persistently refuse access.
25mm thick.
Funded by us.
Available now.
PREAPPROVED
PRECOSTED
†If you want to apply for disability and sustainability grants; you must have an IGLOO which is permanent; meaning with foundation and is hard wired. We are still working on making IGLOO compliant with building regulations and necessary certificates; so we are unable to accept permeant Garden Annexes yet; only garden rooms and garden pods - please apply regardless and with your help we can make it happen.
FOAM HOUSES BEFORE US
The original foam IGLOO (Inuit) (1949)
The original Hexayurt (Arizona) (2005)
IGLOU (French Charity) (2012)
KHP Homes (Florida) (2016)
Strata International (Arizona) (2020)
And now us - (Yorkshire) 2025
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FOLK ARCHITECTURE
Bothys (Scottish)
Ridgepole Shelters
Orris (French
Tambo (Inca)
Hermitage (English)
LOW DENSITY* & LOW COST∴ GRANT ELIGIBLE†
* IGLOO is not a building or a structure; unless you want it to be. IGLOO Is less than 500kg for a 3m x 3m x 3m cube at 200mm thickness. This allows it to be classed as "Plant" making it applicable as "Plant & Machinery" for tax purposes as it can be hauled with a regular driving licence. See PAPA igloo and BABA igloo; further this means prebuilt IGLOO are classed as "stock" as an "asset". This means we are probably the first Shed Building CIC; and have ambition on being the first design and build charity.
WORK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF,
call us if you need help!
PREFABRICATED
PREDESIGNED
*igloo is an experimental build; like all garden room companies the rental of the units are prohibited without a change of use order from your LPA. We do not accept any liability should you use an igloo as dwelling or B&B
SEE THE SCIENCE FOR YOURSELF
IGLOO is survives X mph winds (coming soon)
STREET IGLOO is fire resistant for X hours (coming soon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn_-IpAhEIA&ab_channel=StrataInternationalGroup%2CInc.
WATERPROOF RUSTPROOF ROT-PROOF SOUNDPROOF AND COLD CANCELLING
GARDEN ANNEXES FOR EVERYBODY
(or room, pod, playhouse, office, shed)
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WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WARM SPACE
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YOU CAN DO SOMETHING GREAT
The one for one model is our legal status.
IGLOO FOAM SHEDS (CIC) is a Garden Annex prefabrication community interest company based in Yorkshire, governed by the statutory framework of the Companies Act 2004 and the Community Interest Company Regulations Act 2005. The CIC is legislatively bound to comply with an express commitment to distribute one emergency sleeping shelter to the local rough sleeping community in Yorkshire for each Garden Annex sold to an address in Yorkshire. These “Brother Igloos” must be completed and distributed ahead of the finalisation of the balance to each “Garden Igloo” client.
Furthermore, the model is reinforced by the asset lock provision in Regulation 4 of the Community Interest Company Regulations 2005, precluding the division of company assets or surplus for any purpose other than its defined community interest objectives. In this case, our secondary-level objectives are “Homecare, Selfcare, Eldercare, Childcare”, and our primary-level objectives are “Ameliorating the negative consequences of homelessness”—for men, this usually means rough sleeping, and for women, this means domestic violence, or as we sometimes poetically say, “sleeping with someone rough.”
In strict accordance with Schedule 1 of the 2005 Regulations, the CIC’s governing documents impose an irrevocable restriction on the “One-for-One Model.” This commitment is not based on EBITDA; interest, wages, and other costs are not relevant to the size and scope of the Street Igloo distribution project. The commitment is based on installations made—each Street Igloo is simply a smaller, thinner, less waterproof, less permanent, or differently shaped version of the same product the customer purchased.
Furthermore, Mr Thomas Philip is a democratically elected director of the CIC, and all members agree to his dismissal should the majority of members vote in favour. All property, assets, and dividends are held in the CIC in trust for the benefit of the men and women of Yorkshire who are, or are at risk of, rough sleeping, and the men and women of Yorkshire who are, or are at risk of, domestic violence.
Any failure to adhere to this scheme would constitute a breach of the CIC’s statutory duties under Sections 36 and 37 of the 2004 Act, triggering enforcement, the imposition of compliance directives, intervention orders, or, in the instance of continuous breaches, compulsory asset redistribution and confiscation action under the remedial powers of the CIC regulator.
Foam Sheds & IGLOOs is a limited company concerned with the design and aftercare of these same installations. Together, these dual entities are known as IGLOO; however, in accordance with laws governing conflicts of interest, these two companies are legislatively separate from each other, and one is not a subsidiary of the other. The for-profit arm is equally dedicated to this mission.
HUSKY.AI
Your data is processed through HUSKY.ai, an open-source data lake transformer that alerts you to grants, home modification funding, and private foundation support and any other grants we can find to train her on; in addition to husku.ai use agentsic AI on ChatGPT to run other tools through Zapier and she automatically writes your applications, helping you reclaim what’s yours—just as automatically as taxes are taken from you. Need hands-on help? An AI grant writer is just a step away.
Your data is protected within our Community Interest Company (CIC)—a locked asset that cannot be sold to commercial entities. Yet, through Enhanced Scraping, our AI keeps your records updated. Move homes? Change jobs? Start a business? HUSKY.ai tracks these changes through Companies House and Rightmove APIs, ensuring you never miss a funding opportunity.
We asked AI why homelessness exists. It had no answer.
It couldn’t grasp the simple, brutal truth—we don’t trust strangers enough to let them sleep on our couch.
Yorkshire has given the world the Charlton brothers, more Olympic medalists than any province, stainless steel, MRI scanning, and M&S. We foiled the Gunpowder Plot. Yet, like everywhere else, we still fail to house the 0.0005% of people sleeping rough tonight.
With AI processing data, providing free legal support, and automating funding applications, maybe we can finally do what society has always failed to do—end homelessness.
Because in nature, no other animal would let one of its own die in the cold.
So why do we?
CARIBOU team
Construction and Related Individuals Building Opportunity for the Unhoused
Join the team; we are looking for all construction professionals and those in related fields too to get in contact and help us with our mission to abolish homelessness. Igloos are super lightweight and foam construction is suitable for anyone no matter their build; foam is sharped using hand tools and a 25kg block of it; is about 1m x 1m x 1m - its is a no qualification necessary building practice; but it is very new; All igloo installers are self employed; they will receive full training on how to build igloos; and they will receive and apprentice to train too.
If you would like to volunteer your professional knowledge as a consultant; click here and you will win your vote in the CIC based on your background. You will be included in the GPT-Pro group - currently we have 5 spots left; as GPT-Pro only allows 10 people per account. This means you will be training the AI on all your professional knowledge and experience and you will be helping us help the homeless even after you are gone.
We are currently hiring
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ESKIMO DB
We can and will end homelessness. Because there is no such thing as a "tramp" or a "homeless woman"—only people who have been forced out, unexpectedly and often illegally under Section 7 of the Criminal Law Act 1975.
Your council has a legal obligation—a 'prevention duty'—to protect those who are victims of illegal eviction. But the truth? Even though 95% of assessed individuals qualify as legally homeless, councils deny 65% of them help. A denial rate that no insurance company, no bank, no institution would ever get away with. But somehow, they do.
Meanwhile, the ESKIMO database does what councils refuse to do. It connects people at high risk of suicide, overdose, and hypothermia with real, local resources.
Councils refuse to publish locations of empty properties; we use AI to find them; Councils refuse to allow people to sleep in sheds and annexes without "Change of Use" we encourage people to disobey this for homeless people only.
Your grant entry data—your profession, the location of your igloo, even whether or not you own an igloo—is processed on the grounds of 'vital interest'; finding homes and work and friends of people.
The average homeless person will spend 240 nights sleeping with family, friends, and often controlling or abusive partners. She will spend 120 nights in subsidized hostels, surrounded by violence, drugs, and fear. And sometimes—by choice—she will spend five nights on the street.
If someone in need comes knocking asking to stay in your Garden Igloo; will you say yes? 56% of rough sleepers do not spend a second night on the street. After all I have been through in my life - I still hold on to the very naïve and childish belief that people are good. Apply for a BROTHER igloo.
THIS BEGAN WITH OUR FRIEND, A GREAT DEFENDER OF LIFE
