The Failte Centr• Annual Re￿rt and Accounts For the year endod 31 Docembor 2024 Scottish Charity Number SC030286 Tho Failtè C•ntr• Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2024 The Tru5tee5 are offioals of the Failte Centre. whose conslitutionally appointed officefs are the Chairrnan, the Secretary and ihe Treasurer. The present Committee consists of:_ Chairman Administralor WI￿ Chairn￿n All of the ASS(X￿t￿n,S Trustees are appointed or reappointed at Ihe Annual General m￿tr.n9 each year The financial positi'on of the Association is sound due to Ihe continued generosity of the members and the full implementation of budgeting for and subsequent control of expenditure. There are no material trans&tions wrth any other connected or associated body No Trustee or Committee Member has been pabj ExFenses Approved at the AGM and sh3ned on their behalf Bank of Scouand 4547 crOmv￿ll St Slomoway Sort Cc*Je Account No. Tho Failte Contro Receipts & Paymonts Account For tho year ended 31 December 2024 INCOME 2024 615.35 18,059.36 1.142.00 5.180.00 2023 660.00 12,925.00 1,145.00 4,590.00 Donations Lets Outinglchristrnas Fund Lunch Club Bank Interest Sundry Income Sales Catering Team Insuran￿ Claim Ceilidh Suppers Christmas Day 1.078.00 278.88 1.547.28 3,450.00 175.00 Grants 28146.99 25398.88 EXPENDITURE Insurance Repairs & Maintenance HeaULight Lunch Club Raffle Prizes Equipment General Expenses Christmas Prime Mernbership Catering Team Taxi Fund Grants Christmas Day WiFi 2,273.04 3,499.58 4,740.48 5,039.68 587.54 962.69 188.42 1.(E6.89 17.98 767.43 2.372.00 2.240.01 1,596.03 6.560.30 5,852.32 443.14 438.42 275.99 1.045.56 1,093.81 1,907.00 105.15 57.77 21974.92 22555.63 SURPLUSI{DEFICIT) FOR YEAR 172. STATEMETrif OF BALANCES AS AT 31 December 2024 2024 19,383.29 6 172.07 2023 2,843.25 219.62 Balance brought forward from previous year Surplus{Deficit) for year 25555.36 16540.04 REPRESENTED BY .. Bank of Scotsand Less OIS Cheques Plus OIS Payins Plus Cash in hand 25.477.46 16.540.04 77.90 25.555.36 16,540.04 Indapondont Examlners Report to tho Trustws of THE FAILTE CENTRE Scottish Charity No. SC030286 I have independently exarnined the slatemerrt of bala￿£S and receipts and payments account to which this is attached. The charity's trustees are responsible for the preParat￿n of the account5 in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and Charib-es Ac£ounts ISGotland} RgJulalion5 2006. The chariWs trusteas consider Ihat the 8udtt requi￿rnent of Regulation 10(11 (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not appty It is my responsibilty to exarnine the accounts as required under section 44{1) {c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have Come to my attention. My examrnation is carried oul in accordance ¥￿th Regulabon 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotlandl Regulations 20L%. An examinab'on includes a review of the accounting records kepl by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented ￿1th those recoids. It also Includes considerat￿n of any unusual items or disdosures in the attounts. and seeks explanations from Ihe trustees conceming such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that woukl be required in an audit. and consequentty I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounis In the Course of my examinakn'on, no matter has come to rny attents'on which gNes me reasonable cause to b￿￿ve that in any rnaterial reSP￿t the iequirements to keep accounting records in a¢¢ordance with Se¢tion 44(1 } (a) of the 20J5 Act and RegUlat￿n 4 of the 2006 Account5 Regulations, and to prepare accounts whdi accurd wrth the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 20C6 Ac£ounts Regulations have not been met, or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in Ufder to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reathed. Dated 22101125 THE FAILTE CENTRE ANNUAL REPORI. ?0?4 W¢ are astonished ai the continuing high booking rate for the Centre, it is telling us that we must be doing something rightl Suppl)'ing a ￿'arn} and inviting haven at an allordable price 15 obviously the kcv. Sadly. with the higher costs for our fucl and elcctricity this Ycar, wc finall> gave in a￿1 had to put the hire prices up bul we kept the increase to as little as w'e Lould mantigye. Nobody ei4er sces the amount of i￿Ork that Is done behind ihe scenes but we are ever grateful for the number ot- things that just appear to have been done on the qui¢t and it keeps th¢ place nllming smoothlv so an especiall) grateful thaEths" to evcryonc that helps us out. Our Auditor for the accounts this year told me that he ￿IShed all the accounts he saw M'¢rc rfls sirnpl¢ to do iLS thc Ccnlrc 5 Jo bask in thc knowl¢dg¢ of a job %¥cll done! Shc also keeps our bookings in Drdcr which is no mcan fcat in itsclf and l.or which we are thankful. We have had a couple ot" disasters this Jear. One caused b! the young genileman that spray painted our building for us. SadlN, he ￿'aS no "Banks) and it cost a lot of hard ¢ffort and paint to get rid olthe damaoc don¢. The second was caused M'hen thc cold water pipe sprang a leak right alx)ve th¢ power supplv in the Kilchen one Thursdas moming. Luckily the Conkinb Crem, managed to rescue the lunch and w'e ser*'ed out on a trolleN' in the dining room. LeH'i.s Builders came to our rescue within minutes to i.solate Ihe electricity, find thc burst and fix it so that ￿'¢r¢ up and running ¢l¥din in ddyS. As a part of the Intergcnerational sessions, the children from Stornowa>' Primary School came to sing and play for our Christmas Dinner and w'as enjoyed by all. We will be seeing more of ihem &s the vear ￿QgreSseS. We held our Christmas L)ay' L)inner, w'here we invited anyone that was going to bc on their own on Christmas Da) ￿ come io the Cenire and celebrate with us. We had a wonderful response troTn Ihe offers of support and volunteers to help us on the day. There were 17 of us sat do￿￿ to a i'ery enjoyable m¢al. We ￿ere so pleased that people would give up their time lo help. "fhere is no doubt that we will do it again. On the accounts fronll there are no surprises. Last )'ear we made a small gain of £2800 ov¢r th¢ v¢ar but a5 we finish this year V¥'e can see a slighilN, better position overall with a gain of £6100 For and on behalf of the F