West Lothian
Visualty Impamred Bowlers
ACCOUNTS
and
TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
For the year ended 31st December 2025
Charity No: SC024430

W￿¢ Lothlan vI$￿IlY ImpaSr•d B•wl•
AMu•l R•pprt
Y•arEnd•d 31 0•￿mb•r 2026
C•nt•nts
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Trustse$' Annual Report
Ind￿¢￿￿ertt ExomlMFS Report
Rec*w)ts and Payrnents Attount
Statementof Balances

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Thc Truste¢s ar¢ the ap￿Inted munbers of the Managavnt Conm]ittee.
Thc members ofthe maDa8¢m¢nt con)nllttee durin8 the year were as follows."
Mr John Mccreight
Mr Douglas Duncan
(Pr¢si(knt)
(Vicc P￿sIden1)
(Secretary)
(Tre&8urer)
Mrs Evelyn Brand
Contsct address
o Mrs Mary Dullcat¥ 24 Barlaw Ggxdens. Arn)&dg1¢. West L0th1a￿ EH48 2PZ
Reernitment *Rd appointment ofM*D*gemeut Committet
All of the Club's tnanagcment rxrrittee are ￿p￿)Int¢d or rwinted by the members at our
nual g¢n¢ral nretin& which is held itL January/Febnwy year.
Governing Document
The Club is a ¢hgJil&ble &58ociatson gnd th¢ pu[wS￿ and administration
arrangetncnts ate set out in our ￿StitittI0ll.
Cbaritable pwrwws
Our pur￿S¢s, &$ recorded in our ¢oL8titiLtioN are to fijrther the physical and mentsl well-
b¢ing of all blind alld partially sight¢d persons ill West L0th1a￿ w ameliorate th¢ir suff¢rfttig
and distress and to aid them in their handicaps Sp￿ifiCallY by prony)tinB and ¢nrAsuraBing
their participation I￿ and playing of, the game of bowb.

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Acifvlikg and achievements
Membership: Our m¢mbership renui￿d steady in 2025.
Com￿￿tIOns. c0n4Ktitio￿ havc continucd Mryth our m¢mbcrs comFting Èn all ¢atC8orics
with three of our members winning rn¢da]s in thesr catsgories. One of our members W
Caulficld has been chosen to joiti the team represeniing Scotland in the World Visually
Impaired Bowls.
Fulld Raising: Can colle¢tiOL8 baye been kld kn various stores rnisinB a totsl of £376.84.
Wc havc also r¢ceiv¢d various donations from our I(￿1 counciUor8.
We are. &8 always, 8rateful to our members and their friends and families for their support
both finanCi￿llY and physically.
Th¢ club had a surplus in thc year of £4.604. Reserves of £1 1.008 wu¢ kld ai th¢ year end
and also £6.924 held in the cvents &¢cowit.
The Managcmcnt ComTuittce CODsider the general fimd will enable u8 to continue to run the
Club throughout the fortbcoming year.
CoDstithtioa
Thc Conslilulion renwins th¢ same althougb a Committee mceting was heid on the 24th S¢pt
2025 regarding £2 duetha n￿neY that members pay on a w¢ekiy basis. This mouon was
agr¢¢d by all membcrs.
Tru$¢ees RespDn$ibiliti
Thc Tn￿¢¢5 must pr¢par¢ finwial S￿¢m￿ts which give sufficient detsil to enable an
app￿CiatiOn of thc traL8actions of th¢ Clwity during the fmancial year. The Trustees ate
responskbl¢ for k¢eping PTop¢r accounting records whic]4 on requesL must reflect the
fjnanrial p)sition of tbe Charity at that time. This must be done to ensure that th¢ fukncial
$tat¢mcnts comply with thc ChaTitics and Tr￿st¢¢ Invcslment (Scotland) Act 2005, and thc
Charities Acwunts (Scodand) Regulations 2{￿￿. They ar¢ also r¢skxinsible for safeguarding
the asscts of the Chariry and must take Te&90nable steps for the prevention aTuVor detection of
fraud and other Irregul￿lIleS.
Approved by the JDanagull¢nt cortunitt¢¢ and signed on th¢ir TrKhaif:
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Independent EIaminer's Report to the
Trnstees of West Lothian VL$U￿ Impaired Bowlers
I report on the a￿ount& of the cbariry for th¢ year ended 31 December 2025 which are set
on poges 4 to 6.
Respective responsibilitle5 of tr￿Stett *ttd eumiuer
The clthrity's irnstees are ttsponsible for the preparation of the aC￿ll￿ts in acconlance
with the tmns of the Chgrities aryl Tr￿te¢ Fnvcslmcnt (Scotland) Act 2005 and thc
Charities AcCo￿ts (Scothnd) Re8ulations 2006.
The clwity tr￿St¢cS consider tltht the audit Tcquirement of Kcgulation IIKI) (d) of the
Accounts Re8ulations does not apply. It is my T¢sponsibility to ¢xamine the ￿coUnts as
uir¢d utMl¢r s¢¢tion 44(1) (c) of thc Act and to slatc whcthcr particular matters hav¢
come to my atl¢ntio
Basi8 of iDdependent tx*mSDer's $t*tement
My eMM]￿tion is Wried out in accordance with RegU￿10n I l of the ChaTities Accounts
(Scod&nd) Regul￿10￿8 2006. All cxamitwon t￿ludeS a ievi¢w of th¢ a¢couniin8 r¢cotd$
kept by the charity aod a compgrison of the accounts presented wtth th08¢ rewr¢Ls. It also
illcluiks consid¢rntioD of unusual items or dxsclosur¢s in the aw)uttt4 and seeks
explanations from the trustees concerning any such matt￿s. The pr(*edur¢s underthken
do provide all the evidence that would be r¢quired in an audiL and consequently I do
not express an audit opinion on the view given by the ath)unts.
dependent esamineT'$ ststeme¥t
In the wws¢ of my examinatio4 no D￿tter has come to my attention
which gives reasonable cause to Ixlievc that io any n)a*Tial respect
the requiTements:
to keep ac¢ouuting records iti with Sectiott 44(1) {a) of the
2005 kn and Reg￿8t[On 4 of the 21M16 A￿oUnts Re8ulation& 2nd
to prqyaTC accounts which accord with the a¢cowiting records and wmply
with R¢gulation 9 of th¢ 2006 A¢wunts Regulations have not F*¢n mc4 or
to Whic￿ in my opinAofy attention should b¢ drawn in order io ¢nabl¢ a
proper understanding of the accounts to be readled.
Sarah Hollis
Hollis Accouming Lt
3 Melvill¢ Cre￿en¢
Edinbur8ty EH3 7HW

Wes¢ L4)ihian Vull•lty Impalred Bowle
Receipts and P¥yments Actollmt
Ye4r Ended 31 December 2025
2025
2024
Receipts
Donati0Th8 and Can Colledi¢)ns
Weekly ducs & McmFKthp kes
Fun(IraisinB for Wullie IN¢w Z¢aiand)
Fundratsing
Total In¢ome
1.442
963
4332
488
7,225
3.373
1.762
5.595
Payments
Payments for ChaTitsble Pwpcses
Transport
Meab and Acwmnuxtstion
Gifts a[￿ Flowers
Trophi¢slBad8¢s
Rink F¢¢s
Leaguelmembership fees
Uk Singl¢s cbampionship
Sundry including Insurar
154
1270
243
46
260
556
37
$54
291
Govcrnance Costs- Inde￿￿eThI ExanL
300
2,621
2.552
Net Movement in fiuMls- (Lkficit) Surplus
Opening Balw of Funds
Closin8 Balanrc of Futt&s
Madc Up IL8:
Main Ac¢owJl
3.043
13.327
10,284
I l.(M)8
10,736
Evcnt ac¢ouni
6,924
2,591
17,932
13,327

Wesl I￿1b14￿ Vlsvlty ImpaRred Bowlen
Statement of Baknnee9
Al 31 December 2025
Tthal
21V25
2024
Bala￿¢S brought fiJn¥ffird
13.327
IO284
Movem¢nt iti year:
Exce￿ l (Deficit} of
Reccipts over PaytyKnts
for the year
3,043
Transf¢T F*tw¢eD Funds
Bank & Cash Balances
carried forvatd
Invcstmcnts
At tywket vaiuc
At book value
For 9￿j0￿ bebolfof the TrJstee$

West ￿1￿1*￿ VFsualty Impaired Bowlers
Notes to th¢ Aecounts
For the Yegr ekded 31 Dtctmbtr 2025
MallAgemen¢ Commlttee remllkeratlob and uptDses
No committ¢¢ mcmber rec¢ived any remuneTation or reimbu￿¢￿(