THE BASICS TRUST Brothers and Sisters in Christ's Service Regtslered Sco¢¢lsh Charlty No: SC026791 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2026
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Reference and Administration Details Charlty Name: The BASICS TDJst Charity RegistrAtion1¥4umber: SC026791 Ch8rfty'S prlnclpal address: The Open Door 28 FASt Main Street Uphall West Lothian EH52 6HY Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees, Annual Report Mrs Chn'siine Turnbull Mr lan Forbes Mr Wilson Stnith Mr David Wilkie Mrs Susanne Wilson Mr Anthw Wong Offlce-bearers Chairperson.. Treaurer: Mrs Christine Tumbull Mrs Susanne Wilson Independent Examlner: Mr Alex Brown 2 Beechwood ParL Uphall Station. We51 tL)thi4n. EH54 5( Bankers Bat]k of Scotland s55 The Centre, Livingston. West tA)thian. EH54 6NB BarclaJ3 Bank t£icester LE87 2BB Pag¢ 3
Trustees, Annual Report for the Year Ended 31st Myarch 2026 Structure, Governance and Management Governing IhKument The charity is administered in accordance with the tern of the Declaration of Tn dated 13th May 1997. Rerrultment and Appointment ofTrnstee8 Trustees Can be appointed as and when required at mtttings of the T, with no fixed teTm of office. Organisatlonal Structure The Tnistees have tcsponstbility for trwo areas of operation - the Open Door café and the BUSY Project youth work organisation. The Trustees also have responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of property i.e. the Open Door. at 28 E&st Main StreeL Uphall, as this is Oled by th¢ trust. The Trustees meet two or three times per year. The Open Door is managed by the Trustees through delegation to a Management Team who cxercise responsibility for running th¢ day to day affairs of the Open Door. The Open Door Management Team urrently comprises five voluntc¢rs who routin¢ly meet once a month. One member of the manag¢meni team is a]so a trustee. Th¢ BUSY Project (full title - the Broxburn. Uphall and Strathbrock Young People's Project) is a youth work organisation run with the support of local churches. Broxburn and Uphall Parish Church, Uphall South Parish Church and Kings Church West kn)thiAn. and in association with SU Scotland. The tnjstees delegatc the management of the youth WOTk to a team consisting of TePTesentstives from the participating churches and from SU Scotland. Currently this ieam includes two trustees. The BUSY management team mct eight tim during the year under review, for the Purposes of engaging a youth worker and to manage the detail of youth work activities. communications and finances. The BUSY Project youth worker is employed by the BASICS Tftl through SU Scotland's Associate Worker programme. This arraDgemenl means SU Scotland provides support with payroll, line management and training for the youth worker. and training for the volunteers and trustees. In addition SU Swiland provides the framework and processes for Child Protection. including the vetting of staff and volunteers through Disclosure Scotland. Page 4
Trnstees, Annual Report Continued Objeetlves and Activities Ch*ritsble Puryo The clwitablc purp)ses of BASICS Tn]st aTe: the advatkcement of the Cbristian Religion in Scotland improving the conditions of Itfe for the inhabitants of Uphall. Broxburn and thc surrounding areas. through the provision of premises with a Ing environmenL in the interests of social welfare. through recreation and other leisure-tim¢ o¢cupatioD. the advancement of education of young pIc under the age of 21 yeats, in Uphall. BroxbuTn and the surrounding area5. with particular emphasis on the prevention of crime and anti-social behaviour by such young people. improving the conditions of life for young pwle under the agc of 21 in Uphall, Broxburn and the surrounding areay. in the inlcTests of social welfare and to assist it) their development to full nutiwity as individuals, and as members of Sety . such other purpos¢ as will aid in achieving the above. Page 5
Trustees, Annual Report Contlnued Summary of Main Activities The Open Door The Opeu Door aims to satisfy the purposes of the TTUSt of improving condttions of life for local people, by providing premises with a welcomin& environment. The aim includes tmproving the qualiry of life for elderly and vulnernble people io Uphall and BrOXb especially by Tneding needs of loneliness and socthl isolation. The Open Door is situated at 28 Fast Main Stre¢( Uphall. It ts a Community facility. open and available to everyon¢ regardlcs8 of age, faith or backwund. Dunng the day, it is open for coffees, teas, baked g(KxIs and light meals. It is staffed entirely by volunteers. Outside of these cafe hours the premises are regularly used by local groups for meetlngs or event and, at times, by the BUSY Project for youth work. The successful trading of the Open Door. along with donations from Café customer4 Contributes to the funding of The BUSY Project. The BUSY Projeet The BUSY Project waots to ytt young p¢oplc thrive, and have ho at the centre of a community that values them. BUSY works with young people in school and in the community. BUSY activities provide a nurtUTing environment where all present feel safe and are encouraged to take part when they feel comfortable doing so. The BUSY Project also works Closely with SU Scotland. encouraging young pcople to take part in weekcnd and mid-week camps by providing subsidiscd placos along wtth BUSY Icaders at nominat evcnts. These events gtve young people a supeth holiday experien¢e provide a simple introduction to the Christian faith. Cardgamos at lunchiime in Bmxburn Academy Page 6
Trustees, Annual Report Continued Achievements aDd Performance The Open l)oor The Open Door f¢ continued to operate four days a week throughout the year. nltsiD]ng its regular, loydl clientelc alongside a good nllmbcT of new customers. The averdge number of Customers per week has remained fairly constant. with the cafe appealing to people looking for a safe. social space in which to share a cuppa and a conversation. Also with the cost of living incr significantly for many people, th¢ Open Door offers fts( and drit&s at the lowest wssible pri¢¢& CustonKrs very plative of this place to meet with their friends and to makc acquaintantts. Most days the number of vohmteets on the Tots is three, which allows for the best possible scrvi¢e and gives volunteers a chancc to chat with customers alongside SeIng their drinks. Sale of general nn8$ cards with a Christian focus continued to be an imp)rtont Service of outreach to Christians in the local community. all year roun¢ but wccially over the Eastsy and ChTiStmas periods. The Cards bave been supplied by the Faith Mission FA)okshop in Dunfernlline on a sale or return basis. The jigsaw cxchaoge has continued throughoui the year with jigsaws still being a popular pastime. The initiative Taiscd £2(K) di[lIY for the BUSY Project aDd ¢onlinued to attract a good number of repeat custorner For a third year, Christmas Aftcrnoon Tca was provided in the Open Door. exclusively for local pensioners. This ent was hmded by Wesi IA)thian Council's Pensioners, Christmas Fund and again proved very wpular. It allowed the Open D(K)r volunte¢rs to servc sandwiches, cakes mince pies and hot drinks to a totsl of 40 local pensionets. The Open Door has become increasingly wpular with local llps looking for a wel¢omin& comfortable venue in which to meet and h&s been regularly for Craft and ChaL Book Group, Church of Swtland Guild, Mums and Babies Story Time. Filling Ststion worship nights. and most recently for meetings of Uphail Community Couocil. No chayge is made to thes¢ groups all are happy to make donations towards the runniug of the premises. The BUSY Project Just prior to the start of this year. the BUSY Project's youth worker, Hannah, after 10 years of working for the Trus¢ Icft to move on to another position. Kieran thc scssional youth worku also Icft at the very start of the year and the BUSY Project was therefore in the position of looking to recrnit a new worker. This proc¢s$ took severdl months. but after a su¢ce&sful rectuitment catDpaign over summer 2025. a new youth worker w&s appointd. This was Artem. who brought experience of Christian youth work with churches ill Ukraine and Gernny. along with t¢chnical ski115. fresh ideas and lots of energy to this role. In the period of time beCen Hannab leaving and Artem being appoint¢¢ BUSY youth work events and activities were led by the team of regular BUSY voluntecrs. This meant a good continuity of relationship with the projeds young p¢ople and also continued COMMlC&110ll with staff of the local secondary schi)ol. an important factor in Identifng and meeting the needs of local young people. Pagc 7
Trnstees, Annual Report Continued Regular BUSY activities.. Activities which rdn throughout the year during h0o1 term times wnsisted of . * Thursday Drop ID at lunch time ID Broxburn Academy. offering games and snacks - the p is designed to help young people socialise. Approximatrly 20 young people from all stages of seconthy school attend each week They say they eDjOy the quiet area to hang out in at lunch tills. * Friday Youth Club every week ID Uphall South Church Hall. attracting up to 30 young people, to play electronic or board game4 activities and p1. The emphasis continues to be very much on encourdging young people in the dev¢lopment of social skills and healthy peer relationships. * New wellbeing groups nm for targeted small groups ofyouDg people. during school time a Leadership development group. again in cl&ss lim4 with the aim of equipping a small group of pupils to their own weekly lunchtime club in scb(M)I Rcsidenlial events.. The BUSY Project encouraged their young pwple to participate in residential events run by SU Scotlaod. In February 2026. a group of eleven Ung people, alon8 Wlth BUSY volunteer leaders. attended 8 weekend break at Lendrick Muir. Many of thL* were attending thcir rst weekd away with BUSY and responded very posilively to worship $S1OnS ond io bible based discussion. Places * this Lamp were heavily subsidis&l by the BUSY Proje£t to allow BUSY young people the chancc to participate, wben they otherwise would Dot have been able to. ér BUSYotstings go Deer Part Iopin i¥Mling andEdinbw¥h'5 Fyinger WondeTlund Page 8
Trustees, Annual Report Continued Other BUSY events aDd activÉties: * E&8ter Buzz- events during the E&ster schwl holidays 2025, included Study SpaK a quiet time in the Open Dwr for exam revision and Friday youth club Summer Buzz - the swnmer 2025 progrdmm¢ included a visit to Magnitudc fcstival - 2 BUSY young people joined a group from knrjg's Churth Edinburth under c8nv&s at this highly impacthd Christian worship event ' OctobeT holidays - outing to Deer PaTk for 10 pin bowliD& enjoyal by a dozen young people and four Icadcrs * Cknistmas - BUSY young people returne41 to the Edinburgh Christhw Wonderland for an afternoon of ice skatin& Carnival rides and Cbristmas market shoppin& followed by food at MaeDonalds. As in previous years. this trip attracted more than 20 young people. Thank You The activity d&scribed in this annual report was the result of a wat dcal of time and cffort on thc part of many volunteers. The tnleeS with to Trd their thanks to all management team members. volunteers and supporters for their commitment to the continuing work of the BASICS Trust. Page 9
Trustees, Annual Report Continued Finydncial Review Overall the BASICS accounts sbow a of £14.823 for the fllwicia] year UDder review. The Op¢n Door café traded at a surplus of £1.994 (unr&8tricted}. On the BUSY a¢counL a SUTplus of £12.728 has arisen mainly as a result of a £6.0(K) grant awarded by SU Scotland and a generous donation of £3,324 from Broxburn and Uphall Parish Church (restri¢td for youth work). The BUSY Youth Work account will have a starting balance of £18.724 to fund youth work in the ¢orning Income Total income for the Open Door was £13,845. This in¢luded £10.682 generated by the trading operntions of the cafe and £812 from the sale of greetin&s cards. The remaining income comprised donations of £2,016 from customers and other supporteT& bank interesl of £101. and finally a grant from Wesi LA)thian Council. for the annual Pensione, Chriskn&s tw of £234. Total income for the BUSY Project was £25,977. £8.565 of this was donated by li1 supw)rtcrs through regular stsnding orders and one-off donati with th¢ addition of £2.375 tax Te¢laimed throu8b Gift Aid. £6.084 was contributed by local churcheb SUPPOrting the BUSY Project and £319 w&s generated through fund raising aciivitics. A grant of £6.(MM) was receivd from SU Scotland funding additional hou of youth work and youth work resources. The sum of £1,502 was colle¢tcd in payments towards youth work outings and SU camps. Finally. this year there was a refund from HMRC of £1.132 representing repayment of an income tax refund paid out in the previous financial year. Expendlture Totsl expenditure of the fé w&8 £11.750 for the year. £4,324 was spent on buying in stock; £3,420 in food for the cafe and £904 in etingS cards purchases. The largest element of overhead expendiiure during th¢ year was the utilities bills. which iotallcd £3.850. with property and public liability insurdnces costing £1,774 and a licence for playing music £634. Tel¢phone and broadband cos¢s' werc £332. Purchase of equipment along with repairs and Mainten8[ costs amoun*d to £799. Finally there were bank charges of £37, introduced by the bank for the first time this year. Gas and ¢l¢ctn'city Costs were maintained at the same lcvcl as last year. as they are on a threc year fixed turiff. This will need to be reviewed when the contract ¢ome8 to an end in December 2026. The cost of running Ihe BUSY Project for the past year £13.249 with the majority of this, £8.056, representing the costs of employing the youth worku. This figure is much less than that in the previous year as there was a period of seven months when BUSY had DO paid youth worker. The annual SU Scotland athnin fee amouoted to £2.IK)4. Other olTice, printin& telephone and miscellaneous costs totalled £642. Costs directly associated with running youth work activities amounted to £1,448. with a further £1,099 used to subsidise sending young people to SU Scotland camps. The BASICS Trust insurdn policics have been reviewed thia year. and where there had been two in plac4 there is now just one to cever all activities of the cafe and youthwork. The fidl premium for this h&s been taken from the Open Door account Page io
Trustees, Annual Report Continued BalAnees a8 at 31103126 oll Door Trading Account (unrestricted). £19,042 Propety alc for Repairs & Renewals (unrestricted) - £8.448 Busy Proj¢¢t Youth workor Account {r¢Strict)- £18.724 Total in all accounts- £46.214 Donated Facilities and Service5 The Open Door thTive8 through the trema0$ effort8 of its team of vohmteers who give generously of their timc to cook. clean. tidy and look after Customers during the i*fe's regular opening hours. We are extremely grateful to these people. The BUSY Projec¢ also, relies on a team of dedicat youth WOTk volunteS to support all planncd events and activities. In another year of personnel changes for the BUSY Project. the support of these VolUnteS has been vital to thc continuity of thc youth wojk offering in the local communiry. We are very grateful for thi's supporL Also thanks go lo Broxburn Academy and to Uphall South Cburch for allowing the use of their pr¢mises' ¢la&srooms and Church halls respectively, in which to nm youth work activities. Reserves Pollcy It is the policy of the Ttustees to maintain a balance of at least £8,(KK) in the property accoun¢ in order to cover any unforeseen emergency repairs that nTry be required to the Opcn Dr premises. In additiotL it is the aim to nIntaill a balance cquai six month8, niiinin8 costs of the Open Door and the BUSY Project in the BASICS accounts. Six montlLS' running costs amount to approximately £6,000 for the Open Door and £15,IXK) for youth work As at the end of this year, BASICS Trust hold reserves in exce8s of this amount. It is the intention of the trustees to pnoritise these funds to continue to sup]x>rt the BUSY Project youth WOTk in the year ahead. Deelaration The trustees declare that they have approved the TNstee8' Rewrt aiK•ve sI¢d on behalf of the charitys trustees: Mrs Christine Turnbull Chatrperson Date .. Pagell
Independent Examiner'$ Report to the Trustee5 of The BASICS Trust I report on the accounts of the clurity for the year ended 31st March 2026, which are set out on pages 13to 18. Respedfve responslbilities of trustees And examiner The charity's trustecs are responsible for thc preparation of the Counts in accordance with the tern of the Charities and Trustee Investment (kntland) 25 Act and thc ChaTities Accounts (Scot12lld) Regulations 2006 (&s amended). The clwity tsustees consider that the audit requirement of Rcgulation 10(1) (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 stat¢ whether particular n)atteTS have come to my attention. Basls of independent examiner's stAtement My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation I l of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An exatnination includes a review of the 0ntIng records kept by the clwity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes eonsideratton of any Unsu1 items or disclosures in the accounts and sceks explanations from the tnlee8 concerning any such matters. The procedure8 undertaken do not provide all the evidence tha¢ would be r¢quired in an audit an consequently. I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent ex#mlner's statement In the cours¢ 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 with Section 44 (1) (a) of th¢ 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and to prepare accounts which cOrd with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2(106 Accounts Regulations have not been MCL or to which, in my opinion, attention should be thawn in order to enable 8 pri)per understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Name Alex Brown Address: 2 Beechwood Parl Uphall Statio West Lothian. EH54 5QQ Signed Date Page 12
SC026791 Recei and payments accounts Section A Statement of receipts aad payrnents Totslfrjnth Tot•llund• A1 GI[t.eNckn 1 18 430 frorn lu 319 Gr(S tradl 12.372 Bonk IMW481 ioi R£nts frrmn Rufwd of SIEbJto RdLrd of•rn 323 39,$34 13,845 Pro¢ged8from salo of fix•d 8110 A2 Sub b) 4977 39.534 Pl• Ewns&s lor*•1 •cd¥lUes Gr( I1rj p&wMnty f22 122 13 or1$ LW A3 Sub lotsl 11,759 39,048 A4 P•yTrents relatlngto •J•ol•rMI Purchasesaf fix asseis A4 10th1 11.7SO 13349 1In8 AS TranslErn bj IffrL¥nl Py13
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BASICS Trust SC026791 Section C Notes to the Accounts C1 Nature and PUrybOM ollun Tyw of acllvsty or prel•cl supported C2 ¢JT•rt• Pqld Oul Authortty under which wid C3b TN¥t•• rnmun•rnthM. d•tall& C4b TruAt•• •mnl- d•tal &JsonNJ WILw stath) 16 Chrthne Tnn ftyBUSY te8WC*S Nature ol transaction 156 Pw15
BASICS Trust SC026791 Addilional analysis 111 1230 14.649 2,375 19 1.182 17m4 201 WLC ctrthts F SU i¥J Tol Col•dBd Totyl ud 1.•37 PPL PRS P9kr$, T• 612 21J SV F4• TkrYryOd Y¢uiThwoth Sucomp f••• T J4J P4F 16
BASICS Trust SC026791 Additional analysi5121 IiS2 L*9od (¥058rKeIFI4 122 11744 15,XO 13.144 13 Expy¢•6 frrf 41 Inwe6tmvrtrrtgfaoggmeni¢ow• It.7&) 12,514 2.7•1 Tr•nthtoi(frnilfvn4• Natwe •nd fvn PYE 17
BASICS Trust SC026791 Additional analy5is131 O(ThhDn%krJ ¢lft•JQ 17 oTr)f Groe• 1 Bgnklrrt•mt MRC Rofurd 13 PInkadmtr 13 13 Naiyrnand rffrtnd*