Mai'kinch Town Hall Mana
ement Committee
Chai
erson's R rt - AGM - Year Ended 31 March 2025
A very warn) welcome to you all and thank you for coming along thts evening to our Annual General
Meeting. Our managemenl commillee hold regular meetings throughout the year to assist in maintaining and
supporting the use of this Town Hall and l am delighted to share with you our aims and achievements since
our previous meeting last year. W¢ have focused on makin8 some major improvements boih inside and
outside the propety to keep the hall up to a high standard for boih ihe community and hall users.
Our outside front windows have been upgraded and refurbished and will shortly be painling ihe fronl entrance
door now that the better weather has arrived. The lower walls in the main hall were given a further coat of
paint as this area receives ihe most damage. Our chairs and tables have been extremely well used over the
years but b¢twc¢n w¢ar and tear and comments on the wcight of th¢ chairs, were in need of an upgrad¢. This
was a large expense and replacement of the chaits, tables and new storage Irolleys cost us around £23,000.
Both the above inside and outside expenses were partially funded by a successful application for a Recovery
Fund Grant where we received £20,0￿. Our hall users have been appreciative of these improvemenis and we
regularly receive positive feedback for both the look of the hall and ihe facilities available. Whilst our old
tables and Chai￿ had been well used, we have managed to suppon a number of local groups and oihei. halls by
boih donating and selling on all of these to continue being used.
Following Fife Council's report last year that the load bearing bar in the main hall was to be replaced, there
have been a number of meetings, discussions and quotes for this replac¢m¢nt. Whilsl this was mainly uscd by
MAOS in ihe past, a number of recent lels have requested lighting eic. so il was agreed ihal the commitiee
would contribute to the cost of replacing this and agreed a £5,000 contribulion towards the total cost of around
£11,200.00. MAOS thernselves managed to secure a £5.(XX) grant to assist with this and their other electrical
upgrades and successfully held their annual show "Anything Goes" in March this year.
With Gas and Electrical costs being our main outgoing, we have now had a "Hive" system installed so that we
can more efficiently manage the heating in the hall. It would be hoped thal over the year we will see a
reduction in our Gas costs and hopefully we can make progress with our lighting to reduce electricity costs
also.
The committee agreed to upgrade our small Christmas tree and hall decorations so a much larger tree was
purchased for the stage with other decorations and this was well received by hall users.
We are delighted thai ihe hall has continued to be extremely popular for varies types of lets including celebrity
names like Karen Dunbar, Jane Mccarry and we el.en have Taylor Swift later in the year, well almost. We
have held numerous concerts, shows, parties and are holding a wedding and reception later in the year.
Everything we have achieved over the past year has only been possible due to thc commitment and drive of
our committee, comrnittee members and support from local Councillor to keep the hall as a communiiy and
beyond venue in Markinch. I would like to thank the committee for their contribution and hard work and
know that I can rely on you all for your continued support for the year ahead.
Thank you all for coming along this evening.
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Scottish Charity Number SC022571
Statemeni of Receiprs and Payrnencs for the year ended 31 March 2025
2025
£17.723
£24,494
2024
£15.609
Hall lets
Grants
Asset sales
£43.437
£19,972
Electriciry
£ 5,229
£ 4,948
Property costs
&32,055
Rates
£ 1.2
Cleaninglhygiene/waste £ 4.836
Stationery
53
Accountin￿SeCreL￿lal
£ 150
Miscellaneous
£ 4,505
£ 4.842
£ 1,677
£ 5.452
£ 14
£ 169
£48,532
£16.659
Surplus / [Deficit]
1£ 5,095]
£ 3.313
Statement of Balances
Bank balance at 31 March 2024
£46,430
Petry cash on hand 3 l March 2024
£ 135
Bank balance and cash ai 31 March 2024 £46.565
Deficit
£ 5,095
Bank balance at 31 March 2024
Petry cash on hand 31 March 2024
Bank balan￿ and cash at 31 March 2024 £41,470
£41,375
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FbJAarknnch Ththall Management Committee, 9 April 2025
Independent Examiner's Report
d to be cottect
Independent Exarniner, I l April 2025

APPENDIX 3
OSCR
offi￿ of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Charity name Markinch Town Hall Management Committee
Report to the
trusteeslmembers of
Registered charity no.
On the accounts of the
charity for the period
SC022571
Period slart date
Monlh
Period end date
Month
March
Year
Year
pril
024
025
Set out on pages
rEm￿nbe[tO Ind￿le trr pa
bers of ajdrtknnal theetsl
Respective
responsibilities of
trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the temis of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotlandl 2005 Act and the
Charities Accounts (Scotlandl Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the
audit requirement of Regulation 10{11 (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 of independent
examiner's statement
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities
Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the
accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented wrth
those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the
accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees conceming any 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 audit opinion on the accounts.
Independent examiner's
statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance wth section 44{11 (a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply wrth
Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
11 April 2025
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any)..
Address..
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APPENDIX 3
Disclosure section
Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose
No issue3 raised