## **APPENDIX 1**
## OSC **r**
|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
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||Period start date||||Period end date|||
||Day|Month|Year||Day|Month|Year|
|From|
**1**|**11**|**2024**|**To**|
**31**|**10**|**2025**|
Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator**
## **Reference and administration details**
**Charity name** Lorn Toy Library **Other names charity is known** Toy Cupboard Oban **by Registered charity number SC** 019837 **Charity’s principal address** Glencruitten Church Centre, Glencruitten Road, Oban **Postcode** PA34 4ND
**Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
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|**1**
**2**
**3**
**4**
**5**
**6**
**7**
**8**|Annie Anderson|Chairperson|||
||Chris Oliver|Treasurer|Appointed 1 Sep 2025||
||Angie Bird|Vice chair|||
||Sophie James||||
||Ashley McGlone||||
||Iona MacGilivrey||||
||Morna Brown||||
||LyndseyBuchanan||||
## **Reference and administration details**
**Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)**
|**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|Rachel Tierney|Resigned 31 Aug 2025|
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|**Structure, governance and management**|**Structure, governance and management**|
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|**Type of governing document**|Constitution|
|**Trustee recruitment and appointment**|By election at the AGM. Membership is open to anyone with an interest
in helping the Lorn Toy Library and we recruit Committee Members from
within our membership so that our committee is run by service users.|
## **Objectives and activities**
|**Charitable purposes**
**Summary of the main activities**
**in relation to these objects**|The objective of the toy library is to provide or assist in facilities for
children, for their recreation and leisure providing therapeutic,
educational or stimulating toys that aim to improve their conditions of life.|
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||Operate a toy lending library service accessed through stay and play
sessions open to babies and young children who attend with parent,
siblings and carers
Provide training to staff and volunteers to ensure toys and resources
recommended are appropriate to age and stage of development and
used safely
Provide the opportunity for NHS and third sector partners to meet
children with their families in a safe and playful environment
Supporting sustainable choices to reuse over new, to share and repair|
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## **APPENDIX 1**
## **Achievements and performance**
|**Summary of the main achievements**
**of the charity during the financial**
**period**|Lorn toy library provided three stay and play sessions every week on a
consistent basis, cancellations are low again compared with previous
years.
We continue to build our resilience in managing staffing issues.
Attendance at sessions is building steady and increasing in consistency
across the year, with the usual peaks and troughs associated with
weather and holidays.
Uptake of free snacks as introduced has been high and will continue.
Our programme of service visits has been very well received and
feedback from our member survey and NHS data demonstrates robust
uptake of this support when it is consistently available.
Toy hires to individuals and organisations in the form of large bundles
and party hires has been prioritised to help to generate income from out
with our regular/current member community.
The introduction of the sling library has been warmly welcomed by
the community, with steady uptake from families keen to try slings before
committing to purchase.
Communication Champion and Sleep Action training has been
completed, enabling us to implement a programme of targeted support in
2026. This will provide early intervention for families in key areas of
childhood development, helping to reduce stress and improve overall
wellbeing.
Our members feedback for 2025 regarding their experience during stay
and play sessions was very positive, both in terms of the quality of the
toys and equipment available and the pricing.
Fundraising and engagement at local events has been very successful,
with a high level of support from our Committee and members; bingo
night, Charities Day, Winter Festival installation, home-made stalls and a
coffee morning, we’ve had a lot a fun along the way!|
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## **Financial review**
|**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**
**on reserves**
**Details of any deficit**
**Donated facilities and services (if any)**|Our unrestricted reserves continue to be down on previous years and we
continue to focus on building these back up to ensure our reserves are
back in line with our reserve policy of 3-months running costs.|
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## **Other optional information**
## **Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Annie Anderson **Position (e.g. Chair)** Chair
## C Oliver
Chris Oliver Treasurer
**Date** 30/07/2026 30/07/2026
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