**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: SC029961** 

**Report of the Trustees and** 

**Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

**for** 

**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 




**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

|||**Page**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Report of the Trustees**|1|to|6|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||7||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||8||
|**Balance Sheet**||9||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|10|to|17|





## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

## **Objectives and aims** 

To relieve the poverty, suffering & distress of persons who have been homeless or are in necessitous circumstances by assisting in the provision of household goods with the objective of improving the condition of life for said persons who are inhabitants of Glasgow and the surrounding area. Particular provision will be made to those who are in these circumstances due to age, ethnic or cultural background and status, disability and poverty. 

To undertake other such charitable activities as may be helpful to the aforementioned persons. To foster, support and promote such environmental aims, objectives & activities which will bring benefit to the community and the organisation 

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StArter P&icks Glasgow, SCIO
Repoi't of the Trustees
for the Yevdi, Ended 31 MArch 2025
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
ChAI4tAble Acrfi4tles
PACKS & PEOPLE
In 24-25, our pack delivery service was slightly lower than the previous record-breaking year, but still our second
higliest liujnb￿. of packs deliiered in a fu￿]e1￿1 year in tlie history of Starter Packs Glas8OW, Still supportillg 2488
people (1843 adults ￿]d 645 children) across 1559 households.
NO. OF
REFERRAL
PARTNERS
23
24
21
21
26
21
28
21
26
26
24
22
AVG 24
PACKS
116
138
104
118
152
135
174
127
135
iio
137
113
ADULTS
139
164
122
136
176
154
203
152
164
135
162
136
1843
CHILDREN
38
52
39
48
59
55
68
61
55
58
53
-19
PEOPLE
177
216
MAY
JLNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRI"ARY
MARCH
TOTALS
184
235
209
271
213
219
193
215
195
2488
F[[￿T)ING & SUPPORT STREAMS
TliaAths io oiu re￿lIar siipporters for ilielr conlllll￿d doIialions of cash & pack ileii)5 (111(I Iliaith% (Il%(I to iiew
iiidii-idiiAls/nrtiAnisAtinTIS
fnr tlieir slin)(￿. Speci81 ineiitinti tn ye￿11￿r siippnrtet%
We receiN'ed fi￿her fundin8 froiii tlie Robertson Trnst. both our annual fillidin8 aiiiount and a special one off
additioIial £5000. ￿,1￿Cli was a hiigely lielpfid support. We contiiiiie to Bain siwport froiii ilie Glasgow CoiiJnimity
Lottery. We received fwiduig aiiioiints froin Tlie Kiltwalk. tlie Co-op. the Amold Clark Coiilllllllllty Fund. Gla58OW
Quakers. Moni$￿]S Foillidhlioo kniderson TnL8t. sts.atknno￿ Foods. TuTcan Co￿le11 Foiuidatithi. Help the Honieless.
Edrington. Allied Vehicles. SouteT Foimdation. The Albert Hiuit TnL8t. Enthick Trust. The Parislanien TnLSt. Leeds
Sim(by &id the HFD Charilable Foundatioii.
We reached out to many local buslliesses and throush this we Teceived an incTedible bit of support from local
conslniction fllin Mo￿lS ￿]d Spottiswood. who sai"e us £21.0￿ of fiuidins to help us bridge the 8ap belween inconie
and nuuliiis costs that Iiad deTreli)ped oN"er tiine. in part due to the ll]assii'e incte&se in rumiin8 Costs and in part due to
the increase ui enwlOY￿enI costs.
We utilised our social inedia ch￿l￿e]5 to run a c￿llpai￿] to ty and raise Jnoney to ensure that the charity was able to
contuiue and we received niuch support from our srdssroots coiwnunity ￿ld ￿￿]Y people inade donations to
￿￿ou811 ow. PayPal GiNin8 profile ￿ld Just Giiwi8. We also receiN-ed support and adiice froni Jobs and Buslliess
Glas80￿, who gave us linie with ￿] aCcowit￿1t to help us aisure Th'e were soli.ellt ￿]d su88est ways for w lo wo
towards being inore Self-si￿lainIlls in the cun'ait Clin￿te.
Fwidraisin8 SUPPOrt canie to froin Netherlee & st￿liper1and Church. Jord￿￿]11 Parish Churcli. Ja8s for Good. and
we contlliue to liold oiu. own fiuldraising concerts witli local bands playing to raise nioney for the cliarity whilst we
haTre a popup Ma8pie's Eye shop at the ei'enl. Tlus tillie rowid we lield il at The Glad Cafe ill ShawlaniLs. We also
had tekuiis doing the Killwalk for ￿$.
We M'ere able to contiiiiie biiildin8 relatioiislllps Witli our coryTh)rate social respoiisibility N'oliuiteeriTh8 parthers to the
orskullsalion and we welcollied back i"olwiteers froin existin8 coiiipanies such as Edriiiston. Scottish Power ￿ld
Moi'8aii st￿lleY bul also had iiew N'olullteer sroiws visitlllg for the first tillie includin8 B￿.claY$: wlio wid a te￿ll of
volullleers eN'ery mollth to help us sort donations.
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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

We continue to work with pupils from schools in the local community, who come to us to learn about what we do as part of their school's YPI programme. We also visited Hyndland Secondary and Ross Hall Academy as they hosted charity fairs to allow the pupils engage with a variety of different local charities. 

## **INCOME** 

The Magpies Eye has continued to be busy and consolidate on its successes of recent years. Online sales continue to be a well-used function of the shop and have allowed customers an easy way to pay for items they see online quickly and have also continued to give the shop an extra stream of income when traditional footfall may be quieter. 

The Magpie's Nest's had a better year with new staff settling in place and a positive team growing together and developing the shop both in terms of how we operate our donations sorting room through the back and how the shop floor is set up. 

Both units continue to provide a steady income for the organisation and retail managers have been tasked with ensuring that they maximise opportunities to increase income to contribute to the monthly running costs of the organisation. 

We continue our relationship with local charity 12 Guitars, selling guitars on their behalf on a 20% commission basis, utilising the window of our stockroom at 43 Burleigh Street, which in turn gives them an on-street presence. We added guitar amps at 40% commission to their offering this year and have also run one-off guitar part sale days with an assortment of guitars, parts and pedals being available for the day in store in our Magpie's Eye shop. 

The cost of running continues to be a concern, and we are constantly looking at ways in which we can save on running costs and try and maximise our income streams. 

## **SOCIAL MEDIA INITIATIVES** 

We continued to utilise our Social Media channels and develop our in-house staff teams who continue to produce short films and content for the charity's Facebook pages, Instagram, TikTok and X (Twitter). We also continue several successful social media initiatives and campaigns from previous years, which are now regular annual events for us. 

***ON-LINE AUCTIONS - [Magpie's Eye]** we continue to hold regular auctions of high-end items have proven to be a popular initiative, creating a n ew income stream and raising larger amounts of money for higher value items. 

***CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE** - a regular festive feature asking our supporters and retail customers to donate the cash value of specific pack items, ranging from £1 to £25. A popular initiative which the customers are keen to take part in each year. 

***PAY IT FORWARD** - another staff led initiative which continues to be popular with customers who make donations covering a wide range of community spirited donations & gestures. 

## **HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS** 

We continue to work with the majority of Housing Associations across the city as well as other relevant organisations including: 

## HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS 

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**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

ARDENGLEN HA       (G45) BLAIRTUMMOCK HA       (G34) CERNACH HA       (G15) CLYDEBANK HA        (G81) DRUMCHAPEL HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE    (G15) ELDERPARK HA        (G51) GOVAN        (G51) GOVANHILL HA        (G42) KINGSRIDGE CLEDDANS      (G15) LINK HA        (VARIOUS) LINSTONE HA       (PA) LINTHOUSE HA       (G51) LORETTO HA       (VARIOUS) MARYHILL HA       (G20) NEW GORBALS HA       (G5) NG HOMES HA        (G21/G22) PARTICK HA        (G11) QUEENS CROSS HA      (G4/G20) ROSEHILL HA       (G53) SOUTHSIDE HA       (G51, G52, G41, G42) SPIRE VIEW HA       (G21) TOLLCROSS COMMUNITY TRUST/ TOLLCROSS HA  (G32) WHEATLEY HOMES       (GLASGOW) WHEATLEY HOMES EAST     (LOTHIANS) WHITEINCH & SCOTSTOUN HA      (G14) 

## SUPPORT SERVICES 

BENSOC DRUMCHAPEL ADVOCACY PROJECT ER GOOD CAUSES GLASGOW CARE FOUNDATION GLASGOW CITY MISSION GLASGOW'S HELPING HEROES (SSAFA) GOVAN & LINTHOUSE PARISH CHURCH HOMELESS VETERANS PROJECT SAMH SHELTER SCOTLAND SIMON COMMUNITY SSAFA (THE ARMED FORCES CHARITY) VICTIM SUPPORT SCOTLAND THE WISE GROUP WOMEN'S SUPPORT PROJECT 

## **STAFF HANDBOOK** 

The staff handbook was published in a 2025 update and relevant changes made in consultation with our Employment Lawyers, WorkNest. 

## **STAFFING AND VOLUNTEERING** 

We have worked to increase our volunteer numbers by developing our relationship with Volunteer Glasgow. It has seen new volunteers join the team and we have retained more volunteers that have come in this year, which has helped increase our team numbers. 

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**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

We had welcomed several new staff in last year and they have settled well into the organisation, proving to be a positive addition to our staff teams. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

## **Financial position** 

The charity had free reserves of £29,050 at the year end. 

## **Reserves policy** 

It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level to provide sufficient funds to cover management, administration and support costs. The Board have set this as the running costs for three months. 

## **FUTURE PLANS AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT** 

We finalised our Strategy document for the five-year period from 2024-2028 that was worked on by the whole team at Starter Packs Glasgow, with everybody being engaged to give their input. 

Financially it has been a difficult year, and we had to utilise much help from the charity's supporters to ensure that we survived what was a very difficult financial time. We are looking at ways in which we can keep our costs as low as possible and increase our income streams whilst continuing to provide the important service which we pride ourselves on delivering well. Whilst we look forward to our 25th Anniversary Year, we are aware that our financial situation is delicate and a better balance of funding, fundraising, income streams alongside minimising running costs will be essential for us to keep running well. 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

## **Governing document** 

During the year under review, the charity was controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constituted a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. 

## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees** 

As set out in the Constitution, Trustees are appointed at the Annual General Meeting. Any subsequent appointments are co-opted by the committee. 

## **Risk management** 

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** 

## **Registered Charity number** 

SC029961 

## **Principal address** 


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**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

**Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **Trustees** 


and both resigned from the Board in 2024; we wish to record our thanks for the work and time they have given the charity over their many years of service. 

## **Independent Examiner** 

DCH Carslaw CA MacMillan Craig Chartered Accountants 100 Brand Street Glasgow G51 1DG 

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 18 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by: 

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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 set out on pages eight to seventeen. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity's trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(a) to (c) 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 the independent examiner's report** 

My examination was 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 seeking explanations from you as 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 view given by the accounts. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention : 

- (1) 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 the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations; and 

- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with Regulation 8 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. 

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland 


18 December 2025 

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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

|Unrestricted<br>fund<br>Notes<br>£<br>**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**<br>Donations and legacies<br>2<br>64,022<br>**Charitable activities**<br>5<br>Providing household goods<br>142,784<br>Other trading activities<br>3<br>262,660<br>Investment income<br>4<br>194<br>**Total**<br>469,660<br>**EXPENDITURE ON**<br>Raising funds<br>6<br>176,068<br>**Charitable activities**<br>7<br>Providing household goods<br>300,014<br>**Total**<br>476,082<br>**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**<br>(6,422)<br>**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>35,472<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**<br>29,050|Restricted<br>funds<br>£<br>-<br>29,000<br>-<br>-<br>29,000<br>-<br>29,000<br>29,000<br>-<br>-<br>-|31.3.25<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>64,022<br>171,784<br>262,660<br>194<br>498,660<br>176,068<br>329,014<br>505,082<br>(6,422)<br>35,472<br>29,050|31.3.24<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>36,666<br>178,558<br>254,167<br>70<br>469,461<br>162,011<br>311,954<br>473,965<br>(4,504)<br>39,976<br>35,472|
|---|---|---|---|



The notes form part of these financial statements 

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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Balance Sheet 31 March 2025** 

|||||31.3.25|31.3.24|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||fund|funds|funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|**FIXED ASSETS**||||||
|Tangible assets|13|1,649|-|1,649|5,247|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**||||||
|Stocks|14|4,900|-|4,900|3,800|
|Debtors|15|1,311|-|1,311|18,585|
|Cash at bank and in hand||37,471|-|37,471|17,058|
|||43,682|-|43,682|39,443|
|**CREDITORS**||||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|16|(16,281)|-|(16,281)|(9,218)|
|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||27,401|-|27,401|30,225|
|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**||||||
|**LIABILITIES**||29,050|-|29,050|35,472|
|**NET ASSETS**||29,050|-|29,050|35,472|
|**FUNDS**|17|||||
|Unrestricted funds||||29,050|35,472|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**||||29,050|35,472|



The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 18 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

## **Basis of preparing the financial statements** 

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

## **Incoming resources** 

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Income from service level agreements is deferred when the income is specifically for future accounting periods. 

## **Resources expended** 

Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

## **Tangible fixed assets** 

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. 

|Improvements to property|- over the period of the lease|
|---|---|
|Fixtures & fittings and equipment|- 25% on cost|
|Computer equipment|- 33% on cost|



## **Stocks** 

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. 

## **Taxation** 

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. 

## **Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits** 

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the  Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. 

## **Debtors** 

Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. 

## **Creditors and provisions** 

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. 

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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

|**2.**<br>**DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**<br>Donations<br>Gift aid<br>**3.**<br>**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**<br>Fundraising events<br>Sale of donated goods<br>Recycling<br>**4.**<br>**INVESTMENT INCOME**<br>Deposit account interest<br>**5.**<br>**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**<br>Activity<br>Service Level Agreements<br>Providing household goods<br>Grants<br>Providing household goods<br>Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:<br>The Robertson Trust<br>The Colin Weir Charitable Foundation<br>The Wood Foundation<br>Kelvinside Academy<br>The Albert Hunt Trust<br>Glasgow Care Foundation<br>Souter Charitable Trust<br>Morrisons Foundation<br>The Paristamen Charity<br>Turcan Connell:The Hugh Fraser Foundation|31.3.25<br>£<br>64,022<br>-<br>64,022<br>31.3.25<br>£<br>1,039<br>259,744<br>1,877<br>262,660<br>31.3.25<br>£<br>194<br>31.3.25<br>£<br>122,784<br>49,000<br>171,784<br>31.3.25<br>£<br>20,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>7,000<br>1,000<br>3,000<br>10,000<br>1,000<br>7,000<br>49,000|31.3.24<br>£<br>29,634<br>7,032<br>36,666<br>31.3.24<br>£<br>9,053<br>241,917<br>3,197|31.3.24<br>£<br>29,634<br>7,032<br>36,666<br>31.3.24<br>£<br>9,053<br>241,917<br>3,197|
|---|---|---|---|
|||254,167||
|||31.3.24<br>£<br>70<br>31.3.24<br>£<br>140,558<br>38,000||
|||178,558||
|||31.3.24<br>£<br>15,000<br>20,000<br>2,500<br>500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>38,000||
||||38,000|



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**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **6. RAISING FUNDS** 

## **Other trading activities** 

|Staff costs<br>Rent<br>Insurance<br>Rates and water<br>Light and heat<br>**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**<br>Providing household goods<br>**DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**<br>Staff costs<br>Insurance<br>Light and heat<br>Telephone and internet<br>Postage, stationery and printing<br>Sundries<br>Starter pack contents<br>Rent<br>Volunteer expenses<br>Training costs<br>Property maintenance<br>Motor vehicle expenses<br>Membership and subscriptions<br>Payroll services<br>Legal fees<br>Bank charges<br>Depreciation|Direct<br>Costs (see<br>note 8)<br>£<br>326,494|31.3.25<br>£<br>155,151<br>4,772<br>342<br>3,894<br>11,909<br>176,068<br>Support<br>costs (see<br>note 9)<br>£<br>2,520<br>31.3.25<br>£<br>198,288<br>577<br>4,088<br>5,695<br>698<br>1,685<br>90,517<br>2,935<br>165<br>59<br>737<br>8,928<br>618<br>2,217<br>3,414<br>2,277<br>3,596<br>326,494|31.3.24<br>£<br>134,671<br>9,689<br>351<br>2,833<br>14,467|
|---|---|---|---|
||||162,011|
||||Totals<br>£<br>329,014|
||||31.3.24<br>£<br>168,100<br>212<br>5,834<br>5,023<br>99<br>3,238<br>95,401<br>6,000<br>69<br>368<br>1,278<br>12,475<br>425<br>1,919<br>3,521<br>2,089<br>3,563|
||||309,614|



## **7. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS** 

## **8. DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES** 

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**Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **9. SUPPORT COSTS** 

|**SUPPORT COSTS**|||
|---|---|---|
|||Governance|
|||costs|
|||£|
|Providing household goods||2,520|
|Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:|||
|**Governance costs**|||
||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||Providing||
||household|Total|
||goods|activities|
||£|£|
|Independent examination|2,520|2,340|



## **10. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** 

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024. 

## **Trustees' expenses** 

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024. 

## **11. STAFF COSTS** 

|Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Other pension costs<br>The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:<br>Management<br>Administration<br>Retail<br>Drivers/warehouse<br>No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.||31.3.25<br>£<br>329,111<br>18,708<br>5,620<br>353,439<br>31.3.25<br>1<br>2<br>9<br>7<br>19||31.3.24<br>£<br>285,737<br>12,708<br>4,326|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||302,771|
|||||31.3.24<br>1<br>2<br>8<br>6<br>17|



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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

|**12.**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted||Total|
|||fund|funds||funds|
|||£|£||£|
||**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**|||||
||Donations and legacies|36,666||-|36,666|
||**Charitable activities**|||||
||Providing household goods|158,558|20,000||178,558|
||Other trading activities|254,167||-|254,167|
||Investment income|70||-|70|
||**Total**|449,461|20,000||469,461|
||**EXPENDITURE ON**|||||
||Raising funds|162,011||-|162,011|
||**Charitable activities**|||||
||Providing household goods|291,954|20,000||311,954|
||**Total**|453,965|20,000||473,965|
||**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|(4,504)||-|(4,504)|
||**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**|||||
||Total funds brought forward|39,976||-|39,976|
||**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|35,472||-|35,472|
|**13.**|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**|||||
||||||Fixtures|
|||Improvements|||& fittings|
|||to|Plant and||and|
|||property|machinery||equipment|
|||£|£||£|
||**COST**|||||
||At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025|15,792|135||5,627|
||**DEPRECIATION**|||||
||At 1 April 2024|15,792|67||5,627|
||Charge for year|-|68||-|
||At 31 March 2025|15,792|135||5,627|
||**NET BOOK VALUE**|||||
||At 31 March 2025|-|-||-|
||At 31 March 2024|-|68||-|



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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **13. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued** 

|**13.**|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Motor|Computer||
|||vehicles|equipment|Totals|
|||£|£|£|
||**COST**||||
||At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025|28,099|1,420|51,073|
||**DEPRECIATION**||||
||At 1 April 2024|23,151|1,189|45,826|
||Charge for year|3,299|231|3,598|
||At 31 March 2025|26,450|1,420|49,424|
||**NET BOOK VALUE**||||
||At 31 March 2025|1,649|-|1,649|
||At 31 March 2024|4,948|231|5,247|
|**14.**|**STOCKS**||||
||||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||||£|£|
||Stocks||4,900|3,800|
|**15.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||
||||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||||£|£|
||Other debtors||428|9,159|
||Prepayments and accrued income||883|9,426|
||||1,311|18,585|
|**16.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||
||||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||||£|£|
||Trade creditors||150|109|
||Accruals and deferred income||16,131|9,109|
||||16,281|9,218|



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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS** 

|At 1.4.24<br>£<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>35,472<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>35,472<br>Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:<br>Incoming<br>resources<br>£<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>469,660<br>**Restricted funds**<br>Starter pack items<br>29,000<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>498,660<br>**Comparatives for movement in funds**<br>At 1.4.23<br>£<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>39,976<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>39,976<br>Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:<br>Incoming<br>resources<br>£<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>449,461<br>**Restricted funds**<br>20,000<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>469,461|Net<br>movement<br>At<br>in funds<br>31.3.25<br>£<br>£<br>(6,422)<br>29,050<br>(6,422)<br>29,050<br>Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>(476,082)<br>(6,422)<br>(29,000)<br>-<br>(505,082)<br>(6,422)<br>Net<br>movement<br>At<br>in funds<br>31.3.24<br>£<br>£<br>(4,504)<br>35,472<br>(4,504)<br>35,472<br>Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>(453,965)<br>(4,504)<br>(20,000)<br>-<br>(473,965)<br>(4,504)|
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## **Starter Packs Glasgow, SCIO** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** 

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: 

|||Net||
|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|At|
||At 1.4.23|in funds|31.3.25|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|39,976|(10,926)|29,050|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|39,976|(10,926)|29,050|



A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>**Restricted funds**<br>The Colin Weir Charitable Foundation<br>Starter pack items<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming<br>resources<br>£<br>919,121<br>20,000<br>29,000<br>49,000<br>968,121|Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>(930,047)<br>(10,926)<br>(20,000)<br>-<br>(29,000)<br>-<br>(49,000)<br>-<br>(979,047)<br>(10,926)|Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>(930,047)<br>(10,926)<br>(20,000)<br>-<br>(29,000)<br>-<br>(49,000)<br>-<br>(979,047)<br>(10,926)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||-|
||||(10,926)|



The Colin Weir Charitable Foundations - funding specifically to be spent on salaries 

## **18. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025. 

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