Lar8s & District Museum & Historical Society
SCIKJ1454 ISCIOI
LARGS AND DisfRicf MUSEUM AND HisfoRICAL SOCIETY
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. SC(X)1454
Receipt and Payment Accounts
for the year ended 28th February 2025

Largs & Di5trirt Museum & Histori(al ScKiety
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Reference and admlnistratlve Informatlon
Charity Name:
Largs and District Museum and Historical Society
Charity Registration No: SC(X)1454
Address:
Kirkgate House, Manse Court, Largs, KA30 8AW
Contact name..
Christine Thomas
Trustees:
Independent Examine
Pearson. Bone & Co
6 Waterside Street
Largs
KA30 9LN
Bankers:
Bank of Scotland
Main Street,
Largs
KA30

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STRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The Charity changed its ststus from an Incorporated Charity and Company
Limited by Guarantee to a Scottish Charitsble Incorporated Organisation {SCIO)
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on 8 June 2023. The charity is governed by a Constitution updated at the
time of converting to a SCIO and regularly reviewed.
Recrultment and Appointment of Trustees
Any current member of the Society is eligible to stsnd for election as a Trustee.
All Trustees have to stsnd down at each Annual General Meeting but are
eligible to re-stand for election. The office bearers of the Charity a￿ appointed
at the Annual General Meeting or by the Trustees at a meeting following the
Annual General Meeting if this is not possible at that meeting.
Organisation Structure
The Charity Executive Committee meets regularly to conduct the affairs of the
Charity.
Objectives and Activiknes
The Charity owns the Largs Museum building and aims to promote the history
of Largs and the local area through exhibitions at the Museum and by other
means such as presentations, meetings with invited speakers . providing
information and liaising with other local organisations, local schools and other
youth organisations. The Charity maintsins a website and Facebook page
which are regularly updated. The Museum is staffed by wholly unpaid
volunteers. Currently there are 58 members. The Museum is normally open
for 3 hours over 4 days per week from April to September with special visits
available outwith these times. The Museum is free to all and the Charity
depends on donations, grants and fundraising to operate the Charity and
maintain the Museum building in good repair. The Museum is also a keyholder
for the Skelmorlie Aisle, a scheduled monument in the Largs Graveyard. which
is under the guardianship of Historic Environment Scotland and the Museum
receives payment for this service.
Achievements and Perfornian
During the financial year March 2024 to February 2025, the Museum was able
to welcome visitors 12 hours each week, consisting of 3 hours per day Thursday
to Sunday inclusive. Some of the exhibits available to view were the history of
Barrfields Theatre. a display on geological artefacts found localty. information

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on Sir Thomas Brisbane, information panels on the villages of Fairlie and
Skelmorlie, a display reflecting the 70 anniversary of the D Day landings
including infomiation on some of the people on local War monuments and
information on some local Italian families who were interned and various
historical artefacts on things of local interest in the Largs area.
The Museum also has an extensive amount of research materials and there is a
small research area in the Museum which people are able to use. Following
recent grant awards the Museum was able to buy a variety of equipment to
enhance the factlities the Museum offers, including a digital microfilm scanner
to allow it to make available its extensive collection of films of the local
newspaper, "The Largs and Millport Weekly News". A grant from the Kelburn
Windfarm Project has enabled the Museum to carry out ￿qUired repairs to the
outside w311 of the Museum and extend our disabled access ramp.
As a result of us applying to become an accredited Museum we We￿ able to
apply for and obtain a grant to enable us to purchase archival storage
materials. This has allowed us to carry out work to re-pack our archival
materials. We have also started the process to apply for acc￿ditation and are
grateful t
of North Ayrshire Council who has agreed to be our
mentor.
Financial Review
At the end of February 2025 the accounts showed total Receipts of £18,394
(2024: £13.948) and total Payments of £16.294 (2024: £11.044) resulting in
surplus of £2.1(K) (2024: £2,904) which includes Restricted funds.
Unrestricted Receipts of £10,976 include increases in membership
subscriptions, donations and fundraising income from coffee morning and sale
of surplus books. The Charity received £2.986 from Historic Environment
Scotland for holding the keys for the Skelmorlie Aisle. The Charity is also
grateful to North Ayrshire Council for grants of £l.(KX). In addition £5,000 was
received as a grant from the Kelburn Windfarm Trust and £2.418 from
Museums & Galleries Scotland for the purchase of storage materials. Income
from use of the premises was slightty more than 2024 at £484.
Unrestricted Payments for the yearto February 2025 were £7,981 (2023:
£14,527). Payments for Electricity and Telephone (Broadbandl were reduced.
Website costs include monthly payments to lonos for website cover. General
expenses and Affiliation fees have redU￿d - we no longer have to pay a

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subscription to Visit Scotland. Insuran￿ has InC￿aSed to £1,025. Premises
costs include new blind, waste removal, repair to roof, picture hanging kit and
repair to door. It also includes the £500 excess for costs incurred from Kelburn
Windfarm Trust grant. The Museum has an arrdngement with a few authors to
sell their books with payment less a donation to the Museum being passed on.
This amounted to £118. Equipment costs of £150 include purchase of a camera
and some digitisation equipment not covered by grant.
Restricted Funds include receipt and payment of £5.000 grant from Kelburn
Windfarm Trust to cover repairs to Museum walls and extension of disabled
ramp. receipt and payment of £2,418 grant from Museum & Galleries Scotland
for preservation materials and safe. In addition the balance remaining of £895
received from the NAC Locality & UKSPF Participatory Budgeting Fund was
spent on digitisation equipment. There is now a zero balance in our Restricted
Fund.
Reserves Pollcy
The Charity's funds are kept in a Bank of Scotland account and the balance on
28 February 2025 was £10.056. Of this amount, the Trustees have designated
£1.{￿ for the purchase of books. OF the balance. £2,CrfXI are set aside as
reserves- this represents three months expenditure.
ststement of T￿tste￿ Responslbiliths
The Trustees are responsible for ensuring that proper accounting records which
reflect an accurate view of the Charity's financial situation are kept and that
financial statements, independently examined, are produced each year, are
approved by the Trustees and a￿ submitted to the Office of Scottish Charity
Records (OSCR) timeously. Records must comply with the Charities and Trustee
Investment (Scotland) At 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland)
Regulations 2(K16 {as amended). The Trustees are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Charity and must take reasonable steps for the
prevention arKl/or detettion of fraud and other irregularities.
d signed on their behalf:
Chair
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Unrestricted
Funds
2025
Restrirted Total Tota I
Funds
2025 2024
2025
RECEIPTS
Membership subscriptions
NAC grants
Use of premises
Donations
HES payment for keyholding
Car boot sale
Sale of books
Miscellaneous income
Coffee morning
Total Receipts
825
825
520
8,418 1.485
458
2,974 2.135
2.986 6,155
240
1.732 1.574
87
888 1381
18.394 13,948
7.418
2.974
2.986
1.732
87
10.976
7.418
PAYMENTS
Electricity
Telephone
Website costs
Printing/stationery
General expenses
Insurance
Affiliation fees
Premises costs
Repayment retail books
Preservation materials
Equipment
Totsi Payments
Surplus1(deficit) for the year
2,924
451
496
212
454
1.025
20
2,080 5,(XX)
118
51 2.418
150
895
2,924 3,192
451 1,425
496
212
39
454
639
1.025 877
20
214
7,080 4.228
118
2,469
16 294 11044
2100 2904
895
STATEMENf OF &4LANCES
Bank balance brought forwdrd
Surplus/(deficit)
Bank balance carried forward
7,061
2,995
10,056
7.956 5.052
2,1￿ 2,904
10,056 7,956
{895}
Theac
by the Trustees on pili£c￿ 2025.
np.
ned.
Chair
Treasurer

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NOTESTO THE ACCOUNTS
I. BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis
in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act,
2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 {as
amended).
2. INVESTMENTS
The Charity has no investments. All funds are deposited in the Charity's
Bank of Scotland Account.
3. FUNDS
UNRESTRICTED FUND- For 8eneral expenditure.
RESTRICTED FUND- Contains the amounts of grants received from
various bodies.
ENDOWMENT FUND-The Charity has no Endowment Funds.
4. TRusfEE REMUNERATION
No Trustees received any remuneration from the Charity. The Trustees
agreed that the sale of surplus books from the Charity would be carried
out through McLaren Books, a business owned by one of the Trustees.

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORTTOTHETRUSTEES OF LARGSAND
DisTricf MUSEUM AND HisfoRICAL soaErY
I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 28th February 2025 which are set
aut on Pages 6 and 7.
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examlner
The CharrtWs Trustees are responsible for the prePa￿tIOn of the accounts in accordance
with the terms of the Charities and Trustees Investment {Scotland) Act 21XJ5 and the
Chartties Accounts Iscotland) Resulation5 2(K)6 (a5 arnendedl.
The Charity Trustees consider that the audlt requirement of Re£ulation 10111 Idl of the
Acccounts Regulations does not apply. ft is my responsibility to examine the accounts as
required under section 44{1) t of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come
to myattention.
Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement
y examination is carried out in acLrsrdance with Regulation 11 of the Charityes Accounts
(Scotlandl Re8ulations 2(M)6 {as amended}. An examination includes a revlew of the
accounting records kept bythe Ch31ity and a comparison of the accounts presented with
those records. It also includes conslderation of any unusual items or disc105ures in the
accounts and seeks explan3twon5 from the Trurtees concerning ary such matters. The
procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit
and. consequently, I do not express an audlt opinion on the view gnven by the acojunts.
Independent Examlner's Statement
In the course of rny examination no matter has come to my attention (otherthan disdosed
below I whlch gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respett the
requirements".
To keep accountin8 records in accordance with Section 44{11(a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2LK6 Accounts Regulattons las afflended), and
To prepare accounts vAiich accord with the accounting records and comply with
Regulation 9 of the 2￿6 Accounts Regulations {as amended) have not been met, or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
underrtanding ofthe accourts to be reathed.
Signed .....
earson
one
6 Waterside Street
Largs, KA30 9LN