JOHNSTONE PIPE BAND
Annual Report & Financial Statements
For the year ended
4 December 2024
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OSCR
SC025424

ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
Trustees, Annual Report........... .. ................... ...........................................................................
Independent Examinerfs Report.. ....................................... .......................................................
Statement of Receipts & Payments.............................................................................................
Ststementof Balar￿s.................................................................................................................
Notssto the Finanaal statern￿ts...............................................................................................
9-10

TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
trusts83 arn pleased to ￿lf rnFxxt •Thl finwKial 8tatements together Y￿th ts tr￿ftdent
exafflI￿• ropxt lor the year ended 4 D8(xmber 2024.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIL8
SC025424
4 AlKh￿r￿Ch
PA5 (RJ
nstone
56 Street
PA5 eAL

TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
8TRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEKr
Gov•rnlng Docum•nt
Johnstone ￿"pe Band 18 an Uninojrporated assocaation and vra8 awarded dHritabl8 8tatU8 the 16th 0(*ob8r
1996 wlth the charty number SC025424. The charity Is govemed by a Con81itution, and it wa8 last amwthd
in Oct(knr 2020.
Appointsn•nt of Trust••s
Tt￿ Trustees of johnsto￿ Pipe Band are also a8 "C(xnmrttee Member8. arKI are appoint￿ y
at Ihe Amual Genwal Meeting (AGM) held in Odober. There is rKJ r88tsi(*.(￿ the number of twms Serv￿1.
Under the Conststuti(m, the Band committee will con818t of ten member8" the Pre8iden( ts Secretsry,
Treasurer, the Pipe Major, and the Leadlng Drummer shall be memtm by virtue of hc4dirYJ office. A q￿urn
of the Band committee shall be SIK of whth at least fow shall be (xdinary barKI M￿nbel¥.
Membership will be open to any person who either plays the pipe8 or dNm8 or who wi8he8 to leam to do 80.
Organlsatlonal Structur•
Charity Trustees are responsible for the diredion and govemance of the charity and meet regularty to
(x)n￿der the busin&ss of the chwity.
Rlsk Ass•ssm•nt
ft is a requlrement for Johnstone Pipe Band members, who are part of the Renfrewshire S(*K>ols Pipiw arxl
Drummi￿ to b￿ne member8 of the Proteding Vulrffible Groups (PVG) Sc*wne.
OBJECTS & ACTivmE8
Charttabl• Purpos•s
Johnstone Pipe Band has been establthed ￿th the folk￿ng CharitatAe PurFThW:
The advanC￿lent of education
The advancement of citizenship or (x)mmunity developmenL
Actlvltfi•s
JohnstDne Pipe Band meet their tharitable purposes through the pro￿siC￿ of ppe barKJ rnuS￿ try the
To maintain a body of Pipers and Drummers.
To foster the teaching and advancement of Pipe Band Music.
To (x* WKI maintsin a b￿￿1 of fell(Y￿hip with ￿perS and drummers evwywtrwe.
We ty to athieve the ot4"ectives listed above by re(xuitiryJ and teathing new membws, by a6 often
as arxl ty c(xnpetirYJ at Pipe band (Xxnpd￿￿￿.
m￿nb￿S are enowrnged to develop their skills, thrDugh solo and band cfxnpetition and to
Piixry and DrummwvJ qUalifi(xtiC￿ board c￿rSe8 %thich are re(x>gnised by the S(thsh ￿￿ty.
ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORPAANCE
The year saw (x)ntinued progress our grade 1 (the prEmier grade) band and a ￿launCh of the 3 barKI in
Septemtw wrth an expe(￿ed c(xnpetitive (xrtir¥J in 2025.
The organisation ha8 continued to 8U8ts1n one pipe band in Grade 1 (the premler grade) The grade 3 barmd
has recxuited a blend of youth and experience and Is ready to resume ts role as a feeder barKI f￿ the grade 1
baThl a mix of outh and ex

TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
band vffy link8 wth the no￿ fomied Renfrthyshire Sdwls Pipe Band aThJ R0nfrffi￿1re
Sc*Kxls Dwekpn*nt Ppe B8nd. both f¢ffi￿d a8 a re8utt of cl)8e pth8r8Np vthlng Renfrwwshire
This 8ame ot¥ec*ve ts also athieved wth our cwn irbh(xMe trainlng. The band cfjndwled its amual
of £49,317 (2023: £55,954) was rnxivaj the finan(ad Per￿ arKI the main 8(xuce of fimthr¥J
c£YtrILM to be (kx)akns, fundraising and Fknance fee8.
At tho of the fffwwl pericxl. the (*wty had a 8urplus of £6,321.
Donatsd Facllltl•s & S•rvlo•s
Chanty Trustee8 would1￿8 to thank the service prowded by all ts (*arity8 volunteer4 who are
M￿nb￿S of tho band and have helped to (X￿tribUte towards the suc(X88 and athievements made V￿th￿l thi8
R•s•rv•s Pollcy
Thwe18 rx) Reswve policy in pla(x. Jthnstone pl￿ Band has no finarKial commrtments and
t￿ts￿, at ts prewt time, tty th r¥)t feel the tr> have 0Thg. The Chanty Trustees wil (>)ntIn￿ to
M(￿ltOr th￿. arxj rf ne(xsary, they will implement a Re8eNe policy.
plan ts the fOrth(￿Wya year Is to cOntIn￿ to improve the level of attamment th￿gh cxynpthn arKJ
ILwknI •Thl to txllkl the 8ucc*8s of prevI(X￿ years.
APPROVAL
Trus reFXXt was approv￿1 by tnjstees ￿ 10 Octot*r 2025 a￿1 signed on their behalf ty.

INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
Ind•p•nd•nt Examlnefs Report to th• Trust•es of Johnston• Plp• Band
I reFKXt (m ts xr(xmts of the charity f(x year 4 Docembor 2024, whlth are ￿t (xrt ￿ pages 7 to 10.
R•sp•ctlv• r•sportslbllltl•s of Trust••s and Examln•r
The c*anty's trustees arn reSp￿sIble fty the preparntsC￿ of the ac(x)unts In a(X0rdar￿ with the twms of the
Chantm and Tntstee Investrnwrt (Sc(thrxl) Act 2CK)5 Clhe 2CX)5 ￿ and the Charrtm Acc￿nts (Sccthnd)
Regulath)ns 2(KE (as amerthl) Clhe 2(Th Regulationsl The trustees consider that the audit requirement of
Regulat￿￿ (10)(1)(d) of the 2(Th Reg￿atsonS does fK)t appty. tt 18 my reSP￿sIbl1rtY to axamlrn the ac￿￿nts
KJ8r ge(*on (44)(1)(c) of the 2(X)5 Ad arml to State wt￿ther partiad* mattefB have c(xne to my att￿tion.
Basls of Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•fs 8tst•m•nt
My examinats.￿ is carried (xrt In a￿dan￿ with Regulabon 11 of the 2C￿ Regulati(Th. An ex&nmabc
th thC￿ records. ft also irKludes consideratlon of any unu8ual items or disc108ure8 in the accourrts, arKI 88ek8
explanabons from ￿ trustees concemirYJ any 8uch mattern. The prcwJure8 undertaken do prcNide all
eVKIen￿ that wrxjld be required in an a￿1¢ and o)nsequenty I do n(* ewe88 an audit qxnicm cm ts vmv
given by the &xxxmts.
Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•fs Stst•m•nt
In C￿ne(￿on with my examInati￿, rK> matter came to my attentknn:.
1. gNe6 me r￿S￿￿ble cause to believe that In any material rw the rw1ur￿nats
to keep a¢XX)unting records in aC￿rdance with s￿rtion 44(1)(a) of the 2(J)5 Ad and RwlatKm 4 of
20C6 Regulations, and
2C￿ Regulab"on8
have met, or

8TATEMEKf OF RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS
FOR TrIE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
2023
25,931
17,935
5,451
24931
31,320
17.936 20.234
6,461
FLfKI
Tralru Incurn
49.317
49,317
41
41998
2,(Y25
41￿ 41996 62,025
6.321
6,321
(6,071)
6,321
321
(6,071)
The Notes cm pajes 9 tD 10 f￿ an integral part of these ac>))unts.

STATEMEKf OF BALANCES
AS AT 4 DECEMBER 2024
2023
4,135
6.321
10,4&3
4136
6,321
10.466
10,X
(6,071)
4,135
SLKpW(DefiaQ fcT ye
10,
10,393
4,072
Cad) In Fknj
10.
10.466
4,135
The Notes ¢￿ pages 9 to 10 fomi an integral part of these accounts.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
Basls of Pr•paratlon
These accounts have been wepared on the receipt8 & payments ba818 in acc(xdance vdth:
(a) The Charities Trustee Inve8tment (Scotland) Ac* 2()J5
(b) Tr Chariti88 Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2C￿ (as amended)
There have been no changes to the basi8 of preparation or to the previous yearf8 ac(xxJrts.
Fund Ar•countlng
(a) Unrestri(knl ftjnds are th088 that can be expend￿1 at the di8cretlon of the tru8tee8 in the
further￿ of the objects of the charity.
Taxatlon
(a) The thanty is not liable to income tax or caprtal gain8 tax on Its (*witable thits8.
(b) The tharity 18 riot reglstered for VAT, thus all costs are 8h¢xm inclusNe of VAT char£pd.
Transact5oM with truststs and r•lat•d partl•s
(a) No remuneration wa8 paid to tru8tee8 or any per3on8 connec*ed vrfth them durirvJ year (2023:
£Nil).
(b) No exper￿88 wwe reimbursed to ts trustees during the year (2(r23: £Nil).
Incom• r•latlng to Tradlng
Ltryestrictsd T(thl
Fur
2Q3
TthiTYJ

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4 DECEMBER 2024
Paym•nts r•latlng to Charftabl• Actlvltl•s
Td31
FurKIs
2023
7,527
s,5￿)
5,786
6,878
1,074
3,189
1,378
124
9,515
9.616
6,575
5,039
6.676
6,039
AdnMThstrati(
CaknirvJ
BWKI EqLllFxr£nt
705
5.533
1,447
21,
1,237
Ulilties
(467)
EqulprrEnt
Fknl Flre
41￿ 41996 62,025
10-