AGM 2025 Annual Report
Appin Hall continues to provide a really useful facility for the Appin community for all kinds of activities.
We had a similar number of lets to previous years but income from lets has gone up partly due to the increase in usage and hire fees from outside lets.
However most use comes from local groups who have continued to hold their activities in the Hall. These include Appin Entertainments, the Drama Festival, the Community Council, the Appin Community Development Trust, the Agricultural Club, Strath of Appin School, Family Faithshare, Highland Dancing, Badminton.
There have been a few children’s and adult parties/events, as the Hall is a popular and good value space. We have also had several plays and concerts arranged and performed by outside groups.
The Hall was needed as a Polling Station in 2024, but there were no election in 2025. The NHS held several Vaccination Clinics. Heriot Watt University came for their regular full week booking in September for a field trip and the Helensburgh Orchestra came for their regular music weekend. They have both provisionally booked again for next year.
Hire fees alone do not cover the costs of operating and maintaining the Hall, so the events that we provide refreshments for are a significant source of income. These include Scottish Six Day Trials, Appin Show, the Craft Fair and Helensburgh Orchestra dinner. There have been several funerals for which we organise and serve refreshments donated by people in the village. There have also been specific events for fundraising for the new roof. These events involve a lot of input from the committee and the wider community in cooking, serving and washing up! We owe a big thank you to all those who help.
Although the year we are reporting on is technically from April 2024 to April 2025, it was at the very end of that period that it was touch and go if we would be able to go ahead with replacing the roof and the top section of the walls in 2025. The preferred contractor was selected – Mackenzie Welding – who came in with the lowest price. Their business and work team are all local and they were available to start the work. A change to the design to enable the inner roof lining to be retained needed to be approved and worked through. The final funding suddenly came through – and will be reported at the AGM next year – the rest is history …. the roof is on.
We would like to say a big thank you to all those who have helped and contributed to the running of the Hall and to those, both within and outwith the committee, who have put in their time and knowledge, over several years, into getting a new roof for the Hall.
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The Trustees of Appin Village Hall
Receipts and Payments Account
Year ended 5th April 2025
2024/25 2024/25 2024/25 2023/24 2023/24 2023/24
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds
£ £ £ £ £ £
Receipts
Donations 1884.70 - 1884.70 2259.35 - 2259.35
Catering 6500.99 - 6500.99 5665.67 - 5665.67
Coin Meter 741.50 - 741.50 841.00 - 841.00
Hall Hire 5368.00 - 5368.00 4359.00 - 4359.00
RBS Interest 1774.47 - 1774.47 1459.88 - 1459.88
Roof - 27741.21 27741.21 - 3935.07 3935.07
Total Receipts 16269.66 27741.21 44010.87 14584.90 3935.07 18519.97
Payments
Insurance 1233.58 - 1233.58 1188.39 - 1188.39
Electric 1622.84 - 1622.84 3665.11 - 3665.13
Refuse 449.70 - 449.70 422.17 - 422.17
Hall Repairs 232.14 - 232.14 440.10 - 440.10
General Exspeses/Supplies 1520.13 - 1520.13 1677.85 - 1677.85
WiFi 569.90 - 569.90 676.05 - 676.05
Misc 15.00 - 15.00 69.40 - 69.40
Roof - 0.00 0.00 - 5178.00 5178.00
Total Payments 5643.29 0.00 5643.29 8139.07 5178.00 13317.07
Surplus/Deficit 10626.37 27741.21 38367.58 6445.83 -1242.93 5202.90
Opening Cash & Bank Balance 40073.19 34735.21 74808.40 33627.36 35978.14 69605.50
Surplus/Deficit 10626.37 27741.21 38367.58 6445.83 -1242.93 5202.90
Closing Cash & Bank Balance 50699.56 62476.42 113175.98 40073.19 34735.21 74808.40
Bank: Savings 113,140.3
Current 35.68
113,175.9
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APPENDIX 3
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Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance responsibilities of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the trustees andexaminer Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis ofindependent My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts examiner's statement Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, | do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
independent examiner’s statement
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
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