2025-07-31-accounts - Ladybird Club

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	Period start date				Period end date
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From	01	08	2024	To	31	07	2025

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name Ladybird Club Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC022751 Charity’s principal address Manse of Creich, Dornoch Road Bonar Bridge Sutherland

Postcode IV24 3EB

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	1. Trustee name	2. Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	LucyWatt	Chair
	Hannah Macfarlane	Vice-Chair
	Lisa Mackenzie	Secretary
	Jan Maclean
		Vice - Secretary

	Jenny Ross	Treasurer
	Jodie Manners	Vice - Treasurer
	Susan Rush
	Sarah Paterson

Reference an 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	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
n/a



Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document Trustee recruitment and appointment
	The Ladybird Club is an unincorporated association and the purposes and administration arrangements are set out in our constitution
	The Ladybird Club trustees are appointed or reappointed by the members at our annual general meeting, which is held in June each year.

Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects
	To advance the education of pre-school children so that they may take a constructive place in the community, and also the education of their parents and other adults, children and teenagers.
	The club continues to meet weekly during school term time and aims to provide safe and satisfying group play in which parents take part when appropriate; to encourage other charitable activities through which parents may help the children. Each session consists of structured play times and arts and crafts activities. Each session also acts as a social interaction group for parents.

APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period		The Ladybird Club committee is pleased to reflect on a year where it felt the club has really cemented its position in the community, with a strong core of regular attendance and a good variety of events and activities taking place for the children. The playgroup continues to provide a weekly safe space for families to meet and for preschool children to socialise and play together with a range of toys and equipment. As well as free play, we also try to incorporate more focused sessions which feature arts and crafts, baking, sensory and musical elements at key points during the year. Attendance has been good and relatively consistent, generally attracting more than 10 children from the surrounding area - and beyond - on a weekly basis, and we now follow the school term time calendar to allow some down time during holiday periods. Older siblings continue to be made welcome at the group, to allow as many families as possible to attend. Snack is provided to children attending, and includes a variety of fruit, yogurt and biscuits, with tea and coffee available for adults. While the majority of sessions take place at Ardgay Hall, we also made the most of the local parks during the summer, meeting at Bonar Bridge Park and Ferrycroft some weeks. We continued to link up with Bonar Bridge Library to hold Book Bug and play sessions throughout the year which have been well attended and were delighted to treat the children to a trip to Grannies Heilan Hame in Embo at the start of July 2025 before breaking for the summer holidays. Our outgoings totalled£1182.78from August 2024 to July 2025 with the main costs being the hire of the hall, fruit for the snack, insurance and the summer outing. In addition to the income from our regular fee, which has remained at £1 per child, we also ran a pop up cafe as part of the local Christmas Craft Fayre which raised over £200 for playgroup funds. We have not applied for any formal funding this year so our income was limited to£442.50, leaving our funds totalling £579.46as of August 1st,2025.

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Reserves stand at £1319.74 which is unrestricted. Regular committee meeting’s ensures funds are readily available. The Committee consider the reserves held sufficient to allow us to continue activities.

Details of any deficit

There was a deficit of £741 – the committee are comfortable with this and fundraising takes place as and when needed.

Donated facilities and services (if any)

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Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Jenny Ross Full name(s) JENNY ROSS Position (e.g. Chair) TREASURER Date 23/04/2026

Independent examiner’s report on the accounts

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Report to the trustees/members of Registered charity number On the accounts of the charity for the period Set out on pages Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner Basis of independent examiner’s statement Independent examiner’s statement Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:	Charity name Ladybird Club
		SC 022751
		Period start date					Period end date
		Day	Month	Year			Day		Month	Year
		01	08	24	to		31		07	25
		7-10							(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)


		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 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, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
		and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
		In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
		~~disclosed on the attached page*~~]

		Christ ine Ross				Date:		`23 April 2026`
		`CHRISTINE ROSS`

		`c/o Lairg Community Centre`
		`Main Street`
		`Lairg`
		`IV27 4DB`

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

Disclosure section

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

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SC022751

Ladybird Club

Receipts and payments accounts

		For the period from	For the period from	01 Day		Period start date 08 2024 Month Year	Period start date 08 2024 Month Year	Period start date 08 2024 Month Year	Period start date 08 2024 Month Year	Period start date 08 2024 Month Year	Day 31		Period end date Month 07	Period end date Month 07	Period end date Month 07	Period end date Month 07	Year 2025
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
		Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds			Expendable endowment funds				Permanent endowment funds			Total funds current period					Total funds last period	Total funds last
		to nearest £		to nearest £			to nearest £				to nearest £			to nearest £					to nearest £	to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations														-	-	-	-			-	-
Legacies														-	-	-	-			-	-
Grants														-	-	-	-		1,000
Receipts from fundraisingactivities		44	443											44	44	44	443
Gross tradingreceipts														-	-	-	-		7	735
Income from investments other than
land and buildings														-	-	-	-
Rents from land & buildings														-	-	-	-
Gross receipts from other charitable
activities														-	-	-	-
														-	-	-	-
*A1 Sub total*	*A1 Sub total*	443	443	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	443	443	443	443		1,735
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets Proceeds from sale of investments A2 Sub total - Total receipts 443 ~~—~~				- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- - - 443	- - - 443	- - - 443	- - - 443		- 1,735
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities														-	-	-	-
Gross trading payments														-	-	-	-
Investment management costs														-	-	-	-
Payments relating directly to charitable	Payments relating directly to charitable
activities		1,148												1	1	1	1,148		1,089
Grants and donations
														-	-	-	-
Governance costs:
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Audit / independent examination			35														35			35
Preparation of annual accounts														-	-	-	-
Legal costs														-	-	-	-
Other	Other	Other
														-	-	-	-
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**A3 Sub total **		1,183		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,183	1,183	1,183	1,183	1,183	1,124
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets - Purchase of investments - A4 Sub total - - - - - - Total payments 1,183 - - - 1,183 1,124 ~~—_====—~~
*Net receipts / (payments)* A5 Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	741) ( - 741) ( - ~~==5~~									- -	- 741) ( 611 - - 741) ( 611 ~~===~~

SC022751

Ladybird Club

Section B Statement of balances

Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 1,320 741) (	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Cash and bank balances at start of year					1,320	709
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account					741) (	611
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Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	580	-	-	-	580	1,320
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					Market valuation to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





Details		Fund to which	asset belongs	Total Cost (if available) to nearest £	-	-
					Current value (if available) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £









Details			Total Fund to which l	-	-	-
				iability relates	Amount due to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





Details			Fund to which l	Total iability relates	-	-
					Amount due (estimate) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £



Signature			Print Name	Total	-	-
						Date of approval
Jenny Ross			JENNY	ROSS		23 April 2026

Ladybird Club

SC022751

Section C Notes to the Accounts


Type of activity or project supported n/a		Individual / institution	Number of grants made £
				0




			Total	-

If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)				X
Authority under which paid				£






If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross (otherwise complete section 4b)			this box	X
	Nature of transaction		Number of trustees	£





n/a Nature of relationship			Transaction amount (£)	Balance outstanding at period end (£)
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Ladybird Club

SC022751

Additional analysis (1)

Analysis of receipts and payments

1 Donations

1 Donations
	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Individual Donation					-
					-
					-
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Total Ardgay Community Council(Beinn Tharsuinn Fund) CreichCommunity Council(Beinn Tharsuinn Fund) Total 3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities 2 Grants	-	-	-	-	-	-
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	-	-	- Total current period to nearest £ - - - -	Total last period to nearest £
					-	500
					-	500
					-
					-
	-	-			-	1,000
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	- Total current period to nearest £	- Total last period to nearest £
					-
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Total	-	-	-	-	-	-
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4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities

	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Rent	723				723	680
Committee - Insurance etc	244				244	189
Seasonal Activty	60				60	70
Session Catering	121				121	150
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Total	1,148	-	-	-	1,148	1,089
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