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## 1** Erskine Brownies 

## Registered Charity SCO31976 

Receints and Pavments Accounts and Trustees Report For the period 1* July 2024 to 30 June 2025 

ist Erskine Brownies 

SCO 31976 

all funds unrestricted 

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## Statement of Receipts and Payments 

## ist July 2024-30th June 2025 

|Income|||2025||2024|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Subscriptions|||£2,060||£1,172|
|Trips and Events|||£651||£140|
|Donations|||||£70|
|Pantomime|||||£435|
|GiftAid|||£860|||
|Misc|||£17||£120|
||||£3,588||£1,937|
|Asset /Investment Receipts|||£0||£0|
|total|receipts||£3,588||£1,937|
|Expenditure||||||
|GG UKCensus|||£715||£700|
|Donations|||£430||£256|
|Trips and Events|||£798||£186|
|Pantomime|||||£795|
|Badges,Books and Activities|||£201||£283|
|Misc.|||£177||£253|
|totalpayments|payments||£2,321||£2,467|
|Operatingsurplus (deficit) foryear|||£1,267||-£530|
|Statement ofBalances||||||
|Reconciliation ofFunds||||||
|Cash in bankand athandist July|bank|£138||bank|£734|
||athand|£131||at hand|£65|
|Surplus / (deficit) foryear||£1,267|||-£530|
|||£1,536|||£269|
|Cash in bank and athand 30thJune|bank|£1,475||bank|£138|
||at hand|£61||athand|£131|
|||£1,536|||£269|



Approved by Trustees Meetingof SC: 3° 2G 

## signed on behalf of trustees 

Name MA RIOW Menu Bok’ 

Signature on Tromalbno—{ 

date 30.33.26 

## ist Erskine Brownies Monthly income and Expenditure 2024-25 

|||||||Trips/|||||
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||2024-25Income|||Subs|GiftAid|Events|Misc||||
||August|||£130.00||£20.00|||||
||September|||£570.00||£140.00|||||
||October|||£140.00||£30.00|||||
|’|November|||£90.00||£35.00|||||
||December|||£100.00||£0.00|£17.47||||
||January|||£320.00||£0.00|||||
||February|||£365.00||£165.00|||||
||March|||£205.00||£0.00|||||
||April|||£20.00||£0.00|||||
||May|||£100.00||£251.00|||||
||June|||£20.00|£859.58|£10.00|||||
|||||£Z,000|<Zo0U0|FOoL|Zi7|||£3,960|
||||||||Badges/||||
||2024-25Payment||Payment|Census|Donations|Trips/Events|Activities|Misc|||
||August|||||||£9.98|||
||September|||||£100.00|||||
||October|||||£84.00|£77.00||||
||November|||||£56.00||£15.00|||
||December||||||£32.57|£50.81|||
||January||||||||||
||February|||£715.00|£30.00|£176.00|£45.59||||
||March||||||£28.24|£50.00|||
||April||||£400.00|||£19.80|||
||May|||||£141.95|£17.99||||
||June|||||£240.00||£31.34|||
|||||£715|£430|£798|£201|£177||£2,321|
||CASH|2024-25|||||||Incomefor2024-25||
|||||||D/T|¥131.UU||||
|||cash in|||cash out||||Bank|£3,181.55|
||ocp||£60.06||£0.68||£191.06||Casi|£406.50|
||Oct||£5.00||-£134.05||£61.95||||
||Nov||£27.50||-£71.00||£18.45||total|£3,588.05|
||Dec||£100.00||-£4.59||£113.86||||
||Jan||£0.00||£0.00||£113.86||||
||Feb||£198.00||-£151.59||£160.27||Paymentsfor2024-25||
||Mar||||-£78.24||£82.03||||
||Apr||||-£19.80||£62.23||Bank|£1,844.05|
||May||£16.00||-£17.99||£60.24||Cash|£477.26|
||June||||||£60.24|cif|||
||||£406.50||-£477.26||||total|£2,321.31|




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Independent examiner’s report on the accounts<br>Report to the 4st Erskine Brownies<br>trustees/members of<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Registered charity a<br>On the accountsnumberof the Period start date Periodeeend date |<br>charity for the period Day _ Month Year Day Month Year<br>1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025<br>Sabounen Paguy | paanbatsof auaenalvresey<br>Respective The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance<br>responsibilities of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the<br>trustees and examiner Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the<br>audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It<br>is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the<br>Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.<br>Basis of independent My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities<br>examiner’s statement Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the<br>accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with<br>those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the<br>accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The<br>procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit<br>and, consequently, | do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.<br>Independent examiner’s _ In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that<br>statement disclosed on the attached page*]<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requiremenis: 

- — 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 comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations 

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2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper<br>understanding of the accounts to be reached.<br>Signed: Queenec Date: O8° 3°26<br>Name: DEWise MCPHEE<br>Relevant professional<br>qualification(s) or body HCQC REGISTERED= .<br>(if any):<br>Address: 4\ RianT4RE Couet<br>ERSWING<br>PAS OBA<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


“Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page 

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Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator 

## Reference and administration details 

Charity name — 1% Erskine Brownies Other names charity is known by Registered charitynumber § SCO 31976 

Charity’s principal address 

= Renfrewshire Guide Association 

_ Camp and Training Centre 

_ South Newton 

| Kilmacolm Postcode PA13 4TD 

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report 

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Trustee Dates acted if Nameof person _<br> name Office (if any) Hat for wile ear (or body) entitled [to]<br>| y appoint trustee (if any)<br>1 | Marion Menabney Guider in charge |<br>2 Joyce Melrose Assistant Guider | |<br>3 Barbara Jackson<br>4 Grace Ledwood | From November 2024 |<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


- 4 Grace Ledwood 

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## Reference and administration details 

Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period; 

Name Dates acted if not for whole year 

Marion Menabney Margaret Melrose Barbara Jackson 

Grace Ledwood 

From November 2024 

## Structure, governance and management 

## Type of governingdocument 


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1s Erskine Brownies is an unincorporated association. It has no written constitution but operates in accordance with the Guiding Manual published by Girlguiding UK, the operating name of the Guide Association. The Guide Association is incorporated under a Royal Charter which gives power to form units across the Unit Kingdom. 

## Trustee recruitment and appointment 

|Trustee recruitment andand appointment|The charity’strustees arevoluntary adult leaders|
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||appointed as Guiders in terms ofthe said Guiding|
||Manual and in accordance with the Royal Charter.|
||All Guiders mustcomplete the Guiding UK Leader’s|
||Qualification and attend Child Safety and FirstAid|
||training at leastevery three years.|
||Adult helpers do not require to have qualifications but|
||must (along with Guiders) be PVG checked before|
|:|workingwith the girls|
|Objectivesandactivities||



Charitable purposes The charity’s aim is to help girls and young women develop their potential fo be leaders and effective citizens by delivering a programme of informal education in accordance with the ethos and principles of Girlguiding UK. Summaryin of the main activities The Brownie Programme covers a wide rangeof activities which relation to these objects encourage self development, team working, caring for the community, raising awareness of world issues, and enjoying the outdoors. Girls participate in a variety of events and projects during the course of a year within and outwith the meeting place. During term time the unit meets weekly in a local church. In return for the use of the church facilities, the unit makes an annual donation to church funds. 

## Achievements and performance 

The girls were busy with a variety of activities durina 2024-25. 

The unit had 16 girls for the duration of the session. 

Within the unit the Brownies worked on a variety of badges based on the Be Well and Have Adventures themes. 

With other units they participated in Renfest, an event organised by Renfrewshire Division, the Annual Brownie Ball, a Thinking Day evening at Pandemonium and a joint end of term party with Rainbows. The last evening of the session was spent at a local bowling centre. 

## Financial review 

Brief statement of the charity’s policy The unit does not retain large reserves. Its primary source of income is the on reserves annual subscription, supplemented from time to time with fundraising activities. It aims to hold sufficient funds to meet all planned expenditure requirements within any two month period; funds for specific purposes (uk registration fees, pantomime, pack holiday etc) may be collected over longer periods of time. 


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_ |<br>The unit received Gift Aid income of £860 at the end of the year.<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


Details of any deficit n/a 

, Donated facilities and services (if any) | None 

Assets A small store of craft materials and play equipment is held with an approximate value of £250 

## Liabilities 

## None 

## Trustees Remuneration 

No remuneration or expenses were paid to trustees during 2023-24. 

## Declaration 

The Wustccs deciare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Signature(s) M Menabney 

## Full name(s) | Marion Menabney 

Position (e.g. Chair) Guider in Charge 


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